On Climate Policy, Biden's Advisers Reveal More Than His Proposals Do
Several of Biden’s informal advisers and confidants are Obama administration veterans who have embraced fossil fuels and fracking.
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The Filthy Hypocrisy of America’s “Clean” China-Free Internet
The Trump administration wants to keep other countries from weaponizing technology the way the U.S. and its allies already have.
Ted Cruz's Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce
Cruz kept mentioning Democrats’ failure to condemn a murder that was actually carried out by the far right — and refused to be corrected.
The Unemployment Crisis Is a True National Emergency
The incompetent criminals ruling the U.S. are about to push millions of Americans off a terrifying financial cliff.
The New Fight to Hold Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers Accountable for the Opioid Crisis
Victim advocates fear that bankruptcy will shield the drugmaker from justice, but they’re not giving up.
Tom Cotton Thinks Slavery Was a "Necessary" Evil. Here Are Some Others.
By calling slavery necessary, Cotton was following in the banal footsteps of apologists for all of history’s worst acts.
The U.S.-Supported Coup in Bolivia Continues to Produce Repression and Tyranny, While Revealing How U.S. Media Propaganda Works
Bolivia is the latest in a long line of thriving democracies destroyed as U.S. institutions cheer and lend support.
America’s Problem With Policing Doesn’t Stop at the U.S. Border
The national conversation on policing sparked by George Floyd's murder must extend to the U.S. military's overseas crimes and the victims of its drone war.
The Right Way to Honor John Lewis: Restore and Extend the Voting Rights Act
Today’s activists are picking up the baton with the kind of courage, persistence, and belief in disruption Lewis showed. Let’s not settle for a bridge name.
John Lewis and the Dangers of Mythmaking
It’s easy enough to say that we need John Lewis more than ever. It’s harder, I think, to say that we must be John Lewis.