Rep. Lacy Clay’s Clash With Obama Administration Over Wall Street Reform Haunts His Reelection Fight
The Sunrise Movement and an anti-monopoly organization are making Cori Bush’s rematch against Clay a priority.
Politics
The Coronavirus Crisis
Trump Holds Up a Chart on Fox News That Shows He's Lying, Then Lies About What It Says
Trump lied that the U.S. Covid-19 mortality rate was the world's best; his proof was a chart comparing the U.S. to just 6 countries in a different category.
Voices
John Lewis and the Dangers of Mythmaking
It’s easy enough to say that we need John Lewis more than ever. It’s harder, I think, to say that we must be John Lewis.
What a Difference a Cycle Makes: Pelosi Statement on Jamaal Bowman Compared to AOC Tells a Tale of Two Years
Pelosi’s words are carefully chosen and watched closely by her Democratic colleagues in the House as a gauge of the direction of the party’s politics.
Voices
Political Correctness Is Destroying America! (Just Not How You Think.)
The vast, vast majority of political correctness in America is conservative, and it‘s extremely dangerous.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Masks Off: How the Brothers Who Fueled the Reopen Protests Built a Volatile Far-Right Network
Are the Dorr brothers astroturfing hucksters, as their critics on the right and left claim, or the face of a new movement?
The Coronavirus Crisis
Over 100 Houston Doctors Slam Rep. Dan Crenshaw for “Spreading Dangerous Disinformation” on Coronavirus
As Covid-19 cases surge in Houston, the doctors wrote that Crenshaw “has spewed lies for the past four months — minimizing the threat we face.”
The Coronavirus Crisis
Trump Keeps Bragging About America's Covid-19 Death Rate. It's Among the World's Worst.
As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Trump keeps lying that the per capita death toll in the U.S. is among the lowest in the world. The opposite is true.
New York Could Throw Out 1 in 5 Mail-in Ballots in One District, Disproportionately Hitting Brooklyn
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being urged to stop the disenfranchisement, which may affect the outcomes of several races.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Congress Struggles to Help Constituents Access CARES Act Benefits
As benefits are set to expire, millions haven’t seen their first check. At least one congressional staffer has quit out of frustration.