The antidote to a false narrative on the right is to create a better one on the left to counter it.
Joe Biden
Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal’s first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed, but that it’s still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.
Dr. Judy Lubin of the Center for Urban and Racial Equity explains why it is important to be intentional about dismantling systemic racism in the coming battle to nominate the next Supreme Court justice.
Opinion | Insurrection | 2022 Midterms | Republicans | GOP | voting rights | Joe Manchin | John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act | Democrats | Congress | Donald Trump | Jan. 6 | Voter Suppression | January 6 | Kyrsten Sinema | Freedom to Vote Act
Voting rights reform has died an ignoble death in Congress. The way forward isn’t clear or inspiring, but at least we still have one.
Unchecked inflation can be damaging, but what we’re seeing in the U.S. is a fundamentally different issue: one in which inflation is being politicized.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom emerged from a recall election on Sept. 14, 2021, as the big winner, having secured a heavy majority of the vote. But while most eyes were on the
Opinion | California | Gavin Newsom | Voter Suppression | California Recall | Supreme Court | Nick Rathod | Texas | Republicans | abortion rights | SB 6 | Roe v. Wade | Gerrymandering
If Tuesday’s recall vote in California passes, the Golden State will go the way of Texas, and Democrats will have only themselves to blame.
Opinion | Eviction moratorium | #CancelRent | Congress | Student Loan Debt | COVID-19 | Housing | Eviction
We keep saying we can’t go back to the way we were before the pandemic. But we just might be doing that.
Opinion | Arizona | Voter ID | Texas | Georgia | Voting | Republicans | Democracy | voting rights | Democrats | Krysten Sinema | Donald Trump | Joe Manchin | Supreme Court | Voting Rights Act | Greg Abbott | 2020 Election | Brnovich
Democrats don’t seem too worried about the current Republican war on voting rights. They should be.
Opinion | Voter Suppression | 2020 Election | GOP | voting rights | Voting Rights Act | 2022 election
Anti-democratic voter suppression bills are sweeping the country, taking aim at many of the methods that supported record turnout in the 2020 election.
The president’s American Families Plan takes its cue from feminist economists who have long advocated for a renewed focus on the social safety net.
Opinion | Georgia | Republicans | Pennsylvania | H.R. 1 | H.R. 4 | Donald Trump | Voter Suppression | Black Voters | Arizona
The long struggle to secure voting rights enters a new stage, as Republicans across the country try to strip protections from state laws.
Initial progress in Biden’s first weeks may be overshadowed by rising obstructionism, and timidity in his own party.
Conversations across the lines of race, class, politics, and religion can have a transformative impact on a community.
I was unexpectedly emotional watching the Biden-Harris inauguration. Then I remembered the last time I felt so bowled over by basic decency.
We’re in a time of global and national crises. President Biden must rise to the task.
President Biden’s inaugural address focused on bringing the nation together. But that won’t happen if “unity” means we revert to the way things used to be.
Opinion | 25th Amendment | Impeachment | White Supremacy | Donald Trump | Washington DC | U.S. Capitol | Insurrection | Republicans | GOP
We can’t afford to wait 13 days until Trump is gone. The time to act is now.
The electoral college has affirmed Biden’s election. But he’s inheriting a country in crisis that will test his administration in a way we haven’t seen since the Civil War.
Opinion | abuse survivors | 2016 Election | Donald Trump | Kamala Harris | 2020 Election | gender violence | sexual assault | patriarchy
I managed to rebuild my sense of self and safety starting the day I ran away from my father—only to then watch “him” win the White House in the guise of Donald Trump.
Transformative solutions will have to address both the benefits and the costs—and provide a path to a healthy future for those facing the greatest losses.
No matter who wins the election, the results were not the repudiation of Trump's racism, authoritarianism, and corruption that America needed.
Opinion | Early Voting | Election 2020 | Donald Trump | Voter Suppression | COVID-19 | Electoral College | 2020 Election
There are some positive signs, but otherwise this is still the biggest trash fire of an election since… well, since 2016.
Earning the vote of Black American voters requires acknowledgment of our issues and proposed solutions in front of every audience—not just those flooded with Black faces. Without it, Trump can win.
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