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.
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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.
Amazon Pullout Shows What Anti-Capitalist Organizing and Leftist Politicians Can Do
New York's old Democratic order — in the vein of Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio — backed Amazon's move, while a new crop of social democrats bucked it.
Six GOP House Members Who Need to Resign for Anti-Semitism Before Ilhan Omar
Trump wants Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress over purportedly anti-Semitic remarks. Why hasn't Trump asked for these six Republicans to resign, too?
Ralph Northam Still Doesn't Understand What It Takes to be Forgiven
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has spent more effort creating factual ambiguity around his yearbook photo than engaging in the hard work of penitence.
There Is a Taboo Against Criticizing AIPAC — and Ilhan Omar Just Destroyed It
Rep. Ilhan Omar may not have used the right words, but even the leadership of AIPAC has boasted about the Israel lobby’s outsized power in Washington, D.C.
Why the Justice Department Can’t Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons
“This recent crisis at MDC has brought new attention to an old reality. What has taken place at MDC is not exceptional.”
Rising Star Matt Gaetz Represents Everything That’s Wrong With Trump’s Republican Party
The Florida congressperson tried to expel a grieving father from a hearing on gun violence, and he has voiced racist ideas and conspiracy theories.
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else
One of the world's greatest privacy invaders just had his privacy invaded.
Trump’s State of the Union Address Reveals His Growing Anxiety Over Encroaching Left-Wing Populism
Without being able to point to policies that have materially improved lives, Trump is forced to argue that his paltry efforts have made America great.