Tiffany Cabán Stuns Queens Machine, Holds Solid Lead in Race for Queens District Attorney
Cabán ran on ending cash bail, decriminalizing poverty and sex work, and faced the full weight of the machine.
Politics
Stephanie Grisham, New White House Press Secretary, Has Already Been Caught Lying
The White House press corps should force Donald Trump’s new press secretary to explain why she denied objective reality on his behalf last year.
Sunrise Movement Rallies Outside Democratic National Committee Headquarters Over Climate Change Debate Failure
The environmental activists want the DNC to reverse its position against hosting a climate change debate for presidential candidates.
Conservatives Are Nudging the Supreme Court to Dismantle Affordable Housing Policies
A conservative law firm has asked the Supreme Court to take up a challenge to inclusionary zoning, a tool localities use to increase affordable housing.
Jay Inslee Just Dropped the Most Ambitious Climate Plan From a Presidential Candidate. Here's Who It Targets.
“There’s a complicity in continuing to invest. That’s a different type of responsibility.”
We Have to Finance a Global Green New Deal — or Face the Consequences
An international approach to tackling climate change would require the United States and other industrialized countries to give money to developing nations.
Joe Biden Says He Can Work With the Senate. The Last Time He Tried, Mitch McConnell Picked His Pockets Badly.
In 2012, the GOP was in trouble. Mitch McConnell turned to his friend Joe Biden for a lifeline.
Voices
The Sexual Harassment Bills Passed in New York Are the Structural #MeToo Victories We Need
The new legislation constitutes a concrete step toward holding employers accountable while protecting employees against discrimination and harassment.
Voices
Forget Bernie vs. Warren. Focus on Growing the Progressive Base and Defeating Biden.
The last thing we need is for the two strongest progressive candidates and their supporters to tear each other apart.
The War on Immigrants
Ocasio-Cortez Not Apologizing to Kevin McCarthy: "He Should Apologize to the Children That Have Been Separated From Their Parents"
“I think he should apologize for the deliberate conflation and attack on these terms,” Ocasio-Cortez said.