Abdul El-Sayed

@AbdulElSayed

The Florida governor’s cynical ploy is to signal to rank-and-file Republicans: Look, I can investigate people, too!

Health care was among the most important issues in both the 2018 and 2020 elections. It has since faded totally as a critical issue. Why?

In tapping a righteous anger over the economic insecurity Republicans will impose on the American people, 44 shows the way.

Housing is the single biggest item eating most Americans’ paychecks every month. It’s time Democrats made it a centerpiece of their agenda.

We’re still seeing the long-term effects of Covid. Acting like the pandemic is over won’t help us address them.

Why Biden and the Democrats have to make hammering MAGA Republicans a central campaign theme

In a distinguished government career spanning more than half a century, he expertly steered America through two devastating pandemics. But given how Republicans have maliciously attacked him, why would anyone want to follow in his footsteps?

Ayman Al Zawahiri was a craven terrorist, but projecting strength should also mean standing up to autocrats. Biden can start by securing the release of U.S. citizen Asim Ghafoor, who was detained in UAE.

The president was one of roughly 125,000 Americans diagnosed with the virus on Thursday. Meanwhile, congressional Republicans continue to block the funding to fight the pandemic.

I spoke with Senator Debbie Stabenow, the architect of the law’s mental health care provisions, to understand how it happened—and what it can teach us about policy reform.

Trump’s recent losses are heartening. But that doesn’t mean a post-Trump GOP will be good for America.

Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel may be the most important bulwark protecting Michiganders should Roe fall.

A chat with one of the leaders of the movement to unionize three of the coffee franchises in Ann Arbor, Michigan

It’s not just the pandemic, inflation, or the war—it’s how they blend together to disrupt the foundations of our lives.

We have to prove that democracies can still solve major problems.

Even after the pandemic, we don’t know what Covid holds for us. But we should be prepared.

The corporations flexed their muscle—and won—even in this very progressive state. That’s because it was never about better health care or taxes, but corporate power.

Centrists keep telling us that the party is too far left … in an attempt to move it to the right.

The fact that we still don’t have the testing capacity we need to ensure kids are safe in schools is the real problem.

For too long, we’ve failed to show how climate change hurts this part of the country. It might be why so few people there see it as a threat.