The Coronavirus Crisis
Organizers Push for Stronger Covid-19 Utility Shut-Off Protections as Winter Nears
Thirty-three states have either let their Covid-19 utility moratoriums expire or never passed them at all.
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Rachel Cohen is a contributing writer for The Intercept and a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Vice, among other outlets.
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Election 2020
Locked in Tight Race, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal
Democratic challenger Al Gross is running an ad blitz blasting Sullivan for his ties to Pebble Mine, a controversial Alaskan mining project.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s Coronavirus Rhetoric Has Put His Seat at Risk
Sima Ladjevardian, Crenshaw’s Democratic opponent, is going after the representative’s downplaying of the coronavirus pandemic in Texas.
Amid Internal Power Struggle, Firefighters Union Clears President of Wrongdoing
IAFF President Harold Schaitberger had been accused by the union’s general secretary-treasurer of improperly receiving pension payments.
Firefighters’ Union, a Key Biden Ally, Confronts a Barr Investigation and Trump’s Pardon Power
IAFF's president and his second-in-command are caught in a high-stakes brawl ahead of union elections and the race for the White House.
Ed Markey Beats Back Senate Challenge From Joe Kennedy
Rep. Kennedy felt he could “leverage” a Senate seat better than the progressive incumbent, but Massachusetts voters didn’t buy it.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Some Teachers Are Being Required to Come to School — to Teach Virtually
“The reasons have been ridiculous,” said a Michigan teacher who will have to go to her school building to offer remote classes.
As a Rising Star, Joe Kennedy Didn’t Want to Help Democrats Beat Republicans
Kennedy now argues that he’s a more valuable asset than Sen. Ed Markey largely due to his fundraising for the Democratic Party.
Progressive Boston Doctor Seeks to Unseat “Do-Nothing Moderate Democrat” in Congress
Robbie Goldstein is challenging incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch, the most conservative member of the Massachusetts delegation.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Senators Push for Free Prison Calls in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill
The pandemic has brought attention to the sky-high rates that prison-phone corporations charge for phone and video calls.