The Real Problem With Inequality
Reading Time: 5 minutes It goes way beyond fairness. Introducing a series on the effects of economic inequality on American life.
Federal Court Strikes Down ‘Poll Tax’ for Former Felons
Reading Time: 3 minutes A landmark federal ruling makes clear that states cannot impose undue taxes on individuals with past felony convictions as a condition for voting.
Trump Doesn’t Let Pandemic Curb His War on Absentee Ballots
Reading Time: 3 minutes As states struggle to keep voters safe this November, Trump blusters, threatens, and lies.
Politicians Can Be Bad for Your Health
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hong Kong, a city about the same size as New York, has successfully contained the coronavirus without the need for lockdowns. One important reason for Hong Kong’s success offers valuable lessons for citizens battling the virus elsewhere.
Extortion and Money Laundering Land Dictator’s Daughter in Jail
Reading Time: 6 minutes The daughter of the late Uzbek dictator finds out there are some things that even she cannot get away with.
COVID-19 Exposes GOP’s Anti-Voter Stance
Reading Time: 5 minutes Public health experts are begging Americans to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic. But this is an election year, and it appears that Republicans are willing to take a chance on voters’ health in order to win.
Will the Coronavirus Undercut 2020 Progressive Insurgents?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed how progressive insurgents can score primary upsets: by connecting directly with voters and outworking their entrenched opponents. However, the coronavirus pandemic is making that much more difficult this year, so how do these challengers cope?
China Vaults Past US, Russia in New ‘Great Game’
Reading Time: 5 minutes How President Donald Trump is being outplayed in Central Asia.
Mayor Pete and the Spies Who Love Him
Reading Time: 21 minutes As President Donald Trump clears out the national security apparatus, the intelligence community empire strikes back — with Pete Buttigieg. Yet his NatSec credentials remain mysterious.
Does Ukraine Fear Trump’s revenge?
Reading Time: 5 minutes The impoverished, war-torn nation struggles to predict how the erratic US president will view Ukraine’s role in the aftermath of the impeachment saga.