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.
Politics
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.
Voices
Democrats and Their Media Allies Impugned Biden’s Cognitive Fitness. Now They Feign Outrage.
Concerns about the former vice president’s cognitive decline came from his supporters, not Trump or Sanders.
The Working Families Party Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Sanders is “best suited to deliver on the change that many people in the Warren campaign were committed to,” WFP National Director Maurice Mitchell said.
Rainbow Coalition Comes Full Circle as Jesse Jackson Endorses Bernie Sanders
Sanders was a key supporter of Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign, which came stunningly close to an upset.
Voices
Trump Is a Disaster for Abortion Rights — but Joe Biden Can't Be Trusted to Fight for Choice
Until last year, Joe Biden supported a law that restricted federal funding for abortion — and his flip-flop smacks of political expediency.
Voices
Elizabeth Warren Should Endorse Bernie Sanders — Not for Him, but for Herself and Her Mission
Warren stayed out of the 2016 Democratic primary, and it hurt her badly.
Voices
Biden Wants to Expand the ACA. Blue States Can’t Figure Out How to Run It in the First Place.
Democrats have failed to build on the Affordable Care Act, not from a lack of good intentions, because of the fatal complexity of the law itself.