The Coronavirus Crisis
Trump Mistakenly Announces Ban on All Travel and Imports From Europe, Then Backtracks
The president sowed confusion by saying he had banned all travel from Europe to fight the new coronavirus, before aides corrected him.
Politics
DCCC-Linked Firm Briefly Worked for Challenger to Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, and Left Behind Its Email List
Though the contract was canceled due to DCCC rules, Omar’s primary opponent kept the valuable email list that came with it.
Voices
Democratic Voters Played Pundit in Picking Joe Biden. History Suggests They Are Bad at That Game.
With Joe Biden as frontrunner, the electorate is choosing a comfortable path forward. That path is no longer safe.
Activists Who Disrupted Biden in Detroit Back Sanders, But Dread Trump Most of All
Climate activists from the Sunrise Movement helped disrupt a Biden rally this week, but they fear Donald Trump more than they loathe Joe Biden.
“The Waters Parted for Joe Biden”
Michigan, where Bernie Sanders won a major upset in 2016, delivered a major blow to his campaign.
“Let Dairy Die” Activists May Face Jail Time, Sex Offender List for Protesting Bernie Sanders
Activists from the group Direct Action Everywhere have dogged candidates throughout the Democratic primary.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Federal Coronavirus Contract Requests Show the U.S. in a Desperate Scramble to Catch Up
A survey of federal contracts and requests for proposals related to the Covid-19 epidemic is not reassuring.
Dispatch From Mississippi: Biden, Sanders, and the Battle to Win Black Voters in the South
While the poorest, blackest, and most incarcerated states would seem to be fertile ground for Bernie Sanders, they’ve proven instead to be the most arid.
Intercepted Podcast
We Need to Talk About Joe
Poet Aja Monet, organizer Astra Taylor, and Nathan Robinson of Current Affairs are this week’s guests.
Forget the Gaffes, What About Biden's Lies?
The evidence is in: Joe Biden has a habit of making things up. And it’s not just wrong — it could hurt him in a general election contest against Donald Trump.