Ady Barkan: Elizabeth Warren’s Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement
Regardless of who you support, you should celebrate this brilliant breakthrough.
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Everyone Is Denouncing the Syrian Rebels Now Slaughtering Kurds. But Didn't the U.S. Once Support Some of Them?
It’s a lazy, cynical rewriting of history to pretend these groups have nothing to do with the U.S., or were never backed by the U.S., in their current form.
Here's How Easily New York Could Become the First Major U.S. City to End Solitary Confinement
There’s a blueprint for getting rid of solitary confinement that requires only a few basic steps from the mayor and city bureaucracies.
Democrats Want to be Economic Populists. Why Are They Clinging to a Flawed Reagan-Era Tax Credit?
Most Democratic candidates want to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. But the EITC excludes the neediest Americans and may not live up to its promises.
Let’s Be Serious — Trump Doesn’t Mind These Incitements to Kill Journalists
The latest outrage is a video that depicts Trump killing journalists in a church. He hasn’t bothered to condemn it personally.
Congratulations, Nobel Committee, You Just Gave the Literature Prize to a Genocide Apologist
Peter Handke has downplayed Serb atrocities in Bosnia and attended the funeral of strongman Slobodan Miloševic. The Nobel judges ignored it.
Dear Ellen: The Problem With George W. Bush Is Not His Beliefs — It's His War Crimes
George W. Bush is not a “kind, sweet man.” There is nothing “beautiful” about him. He was a monster as governor of Texas and a monster as president.
Joe Biden’s Family Has Been Cashing in on His Career for Decades. Democrats Need to Acknowledge That.
Democrats have sidestepped the question of Hunter Biden’s ethics, and how much responsibility Joe Biden deserves. Republicans, though, have no such qualms.
The Trump Administration Is Fighting at the Supreme Court to Let Employers Fire Queer and Trans Workers
Three cases before the Supreme Court threaten to gut sex discrimination laws. Already imperiled transgender and queer workers could be the hardest hit.
Trump's Attacks on the Press Fuel Harassment of Journalists at the Border
The bastard child of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to help fight terrorism. All it really did was enhance executive power.