Voices
Beyond the Rising Tide: Reparations for Slavery Have to Be More Than a Symbol
The problem isn’t that universal programs can’t close the racial wealth gap. It’s that the programs backed by the Democratic Party don’t go far enough.
Politics
CNN Hires Trump Official Who Used Same Anti-Press Rhetoric as Man Who Sent Bombs to CNN
Former Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur has been an active foot soldier in the right’s decades-long assault on journalism.
Interior Department Is Filled With Ex-Lobbyists Who Are Cozy with Their Former Employers, New Ethics Complaint Shows
"The Interior Department’s culture of corruption under President Trump didn’t start or end with Ryan Zinke."
Intercepted Podcast
Regime Change We Can Believe In: The U.S. Agenda in Venezuela, Haiti, and Egypt
Scholar George Ciccariello-Maher and journalists Kim Ives, Jon Schwarz, and Sharif Abdel Kouddous are this week’s guests.
Bernie Sanders Is Running for President and He Wants 1 Million Campaign Volunteers
Bernie Sanders launched his campaign for the presidency with an appeal for 1 million supporters to sign up as active volunteers.
Big Corn and Big Oil Are Warring Over Trump's Nomination of Andrew Wheeler
Want a preview of the battle for the Green New Deal? Look no further than the K Street fight over Andrew Wheeler and the Renewable Fuel Standard.
How the Federal Government Undermines Prison Education
Access to education behind bars lowers the odds of recidivism by 48 percent. So why is there still a ban on Pell Grants for prisoners?
Ilhan Omar, AIPAC, and the 2020 Democratic Presidential Contenders
The Democratic Party is having an internal battle over Israel and the BDS movement — and the 2020 contenders are paying attention.
Voices
The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It.
House Democrats should use their oversight power to expose the Trump administration’s nefarious reasons for asking about citizenship on the 2020 census.
Even for Washington, the Fight Over Online Gambling Has Been Unusually Shady
It's a fight that has Sheldon Adelson and Lindsey Graham on one side, and a questionable Obama-era Justice Department interpretation of a law on the other.