Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who”
Rep. Jake Auchincloss urging Democrats to vote against the presumptive Maine Senate nominee exposes the limits of party unity.
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Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel
A bombshell report shows how Israel and the U.S. never really cared about freeing the Iranian people.
The End of the Voting Rights Act Isn’t Just a “Black Problem”
Preserving racial hierarchy remains one of most animating impulses in American political life.
Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters
Putting January 6 rioters on the dole is a new kind of corruption — and it definitely won’t help the American working class.
DOJ Escalates War on Trans Youth Healthcare With Criminal Subpoenas
We already know how high the stakes are for patients and their families — and rolling over now could hurt all of medicine.
Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking
The DOJ is now treating evading a records request as a crime, a stunning act of hypocrisy from the Trump administration.
Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court
Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Vanguard are tamping down on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s donations as the government’s de facto censors.
Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow
With the Supreme Court blessing racial gerrymandering, Tennessee Republicans rushed to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.
Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not
Insurgent candidates like Cori Bush are tapping Piker as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning.
Clavicular and the Right-Wing Project to Radicalize Young Men
The popular streamer offers easy answers for why the world has left young men feeling unhappy and alone.