Biden has only months to enact change, and his legacy will be defined by whether he saved voting rights from Republican assault.

The power to control people’s lives through institutionalized bias, stigma, and violence is key to the Republican project. That’s why they hate the Equality Act.

Five principles that would end the forever wars and foster peace and justice around the world.

The PRO Act is emerging as the left’s answer to a classic political tension.

Two new tough-guy Democrats hope to topple Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. But they come with questions.

The Arizona senator is almost single-handedly keeping Democrats from wielding their majority power—and the party may well lose that power as a result.

America wasn’t ready for the pandemic. Reckoning with those mistakes is the only way it won’t be worse the next time.

A teen gives up her college savings to pay her mother’s back rent. A student uses his lunch money to help pay down his classmate’s debt. Let’s stop pretending these stories are heartwarming.

The case for forging a new politics of economic justice

Blue Dogs are selectively anxious about when their policies might benefit the wealthy, and their obsession with means testing is going to leave people out to dry in a crisis.

Colorado River drought and water supply issues could soon affect 12 percent of Americans.

It’s great news that Biden and Democrats in Congress are going it alone on economic relief. Somehow, fewer Americans might get stimulus checks anyway.

The grocery giant shuttered two stores rather than follow a law requiring a $4 raise during the pandemic.

The Georgia congresswoman doesn’t care about legislating anyway, so why won’t the GOP remove her from committees?

It should be illegal. Even if it isn’t, it’s politically stupid.

The Capitol insurrection was born of a violent minoritarian tradition that is as American as apple pie—and it isn’t done yet.

The fight for a copper deposit beneath sacred lands shows the extent of the government’s extractive greed.

Democrats in Congress should avoid the temptation to turn the page after Trump’s Senate trial. There’s still too much to investigate.

Much of Congress thinks rules are for other people.

Corporations are temporarily turning off the money tap after helping to fund an insurrection. Let’s make the change permanent.