Left-Right Alliance Takes Aim at Surveillance Bill
Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi, allied on surveillance, face intense opposition from their wings — and from Donald Trump.
Politics
Voices
It’s Official: 100,000 Are Dead of Covid-19 in America, and Their Blood Is on Trump’s Hands
Most of the coronavirus deaths could have been avoided if Trump had enacted social-distancing measures sooner.
Tlaib Opponent Brenda Jones Collected Campaign Contributions From Quicken Loans Executives as Public Subsidies Flowed
Jones received $25,000 in contributions, while Dan Gilbert, Michigan’s richest man, has accumulated over half a billion dollars in public subsidies.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How the Fed Bailed Out the Investor Class Without Spending a Cent
Just announcing $4.5 trillion in future spending to support securities markets was enough to keep investors protected from the downsides of the pandemic.
At Debate, Progressive Jamaal Bowman Hits Israel Hawk Eliot Engel’s Defense Industry Backing
“He’s taken more money from weapons manufacturers than 144 Republicans in the House,” Bowman, Engel's most serious challenger, said in a recent debate.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Despite the Hype, Gilead's Remdesivir Will Do Nothing to End the Coronavirus Pandemic
A combination of generic drugs appears to be more effective in fighting the coronavirus than Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Corporate Immunity, Mitch McConnell’s Priority for Coronavirus Relief, Is a Longtime Focus of the Conservative Right
ALEC, a Koch-backed group that drafts model bills for state legislators, has pushed corporate immunity measures on the state level since the early 2000s.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Inside the Influential Evangelical Group Mobilizing to Reelect Trump
United in Purpose held a call in April detailing its 2020 strategy to reelect Trump, including targeting minorities and using data-mining tools.
Trump Hails "Good Bloodlines" of Henry Ford, Whose Anti-Semitism Inspired Hitler
Donald Trump's campaign to change the subject from the coronavirus pandemic took a bizarre turn, as he used the language of eugenics to praise Henry Ford.
Intercepted Podcast
“The Jungle” and the Pandemic: The Meat Industry, Coronavirus, and an Economy in Crisis
HuffPost senior reporter Zach Carter and journalist Ted Genoways are this week's guests.