Award-winning Palestinian American author Laila Elhaddad is one of the lead plaintiffs suing the Biden administration over its funding of Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza.
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Analyst Lindsay Koshgarian counters President Biden’s claim that American interests require funding Israeli militarism.
The Biden Administration’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine is out of step with the rest of the world.
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The president’s address showcased two years of policy wins, an ambitious wishlist, and that Biden is in a fighting mood.
The antidote to a false narrative on the right is to create a better one on the left to counter it.
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.
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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 | abortion rights | SB 6 | Roe v. Wade | Gerrymandering | California | Gavin Newsom | Voter Suppression | California Recall | Supreme Court | Nick Rathod | Texas | Republicans
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 | Housing | Eviction | Eviction moratorium | #CancelRent | Congress | Student Loan Debt | COVID-19
We keep saying we can’t go back to the way we were before the pandemic. But we just might be doing that.
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Democrats don’t seem too worried about the current Republican war on voting rights. They should be.
Opinion | Voting Rights Act | 2022 election | Voter Suppression | 2020 Election | GOP | voting rights
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 | Voter Suppression | Black Voters | Arizona | Georgia | Republicans | Pennsylvania | H.R. 1 | H.R. 4 | Donald Trump
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 | U.S. Capitol | Insurrection | Republicans | GOP | 25th Amendment | Impeachment | White Supremacy | Donald Trump | Washington DC
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 | gender violence | sexual assault | patriarchy | abuse survivors | 2016 Election | Donald Trump | Kamala Harris | 2020 Election
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.
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