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.
Trump, 2020 Election and Impeachment Fallout — What the World Thinks
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is President Donald Trump the new American Caesar or just a historical blip?
Congress (Finally) Considers Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Reading Time: 3 minutes A decade later and billions of dollars deep, Congress is finally considering a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling.
A Sense of Decency, at Last
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thank you, Mitt Romney, for shaming your party.
Presidents Don’t Have to Commit a Crime to Break the Law
Reading Time: 5 minutes Impeachment is about abuse of trust, abuse of power, abuse of the national interest — not jaywalking.
Trump’s Chilling Effect on Whistleblowers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Coordinated attacks from the president and administration-friendly media have spooked government employees who might want to expose wrongdoing.
Gig Workers’ Rights Fight Ensnares Creative Freelancers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Can the labor rights movement balance the needs of contract workers with those of genuine independent contractors?
Impeachment: Round One. Kangaroos Win.
Reading Time: 6 minutes No need to watch this stuff, because we did it for you.
Note to the Gun Lobby: Try to Aim Higher
Reading Time: 3 minutes You say you’re patriots, but your menacing rhetoric suggests contempt for democracy.
Congressional Watchdog: Trump’s OMB Violated the Law by Withholding Ukraine Aid
Reading Time: < 1 minute A legal decision issued by the Government Accountability Office on Thursday found that President Donald Trump’s White House acted illegally when it withheld aid to Ukraine. The finding comes at the onset of Trump’s impeachment trial and deals a blow to his defense that keeping the military assistance from Ukraine was an appropriate policy tool.