How a Pro-Worker Bill May Advance in the House
As my colleague Bob Kuttner has been documenting of late, the congressional Republicans’ lockstep support for every Trumpian outrage and…
Senate Democrats Threaten to Punt FISA Over Pulte Appointment
It’s more than a bit ironic that Pulte is the trigger for blowing up a bipartisan compromise deeply sought by…
Trump Kicks His Dismantling of Veterans’ Health Care Into High Gear
Midway through the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s May 20 hearing on the VA’s advance budget request, Sen. Angus King (I-ME)…
Affordable to Buy, Costly to Use
Fixing the affordability of insurance premiums does less to address the underlying prices and care needs that make health coverage…
We Are Shocked—Shocked—to Find War Criminals at the Israel Day Parade
Two weeks ago, Bezalel Smotrich, the avowedly ethno-supremacist Israeli finance minister who has spent most of his life trying to…
A Good Election Night for Progressives
Let’s begin with California. Though Republican Steve Hilton is currently leading in the jungle primary for the governor’s race, with…
Little Country, Big Oil
Any country that partners with Big Oil can make billions. Guyana, one of the most impoverished countries in South America,…
The Return of the Dixiecrat South
Millions of voters of color will no longer be able to elect a representative of their choice. But what’s at…
Aftermath: Something Is Going to Snap
This story was first featured in the Aftermath newsletter, a series from David Dayen exploring the economic consequences of the…
How California Politics Became So Blah
It’s Election Day in California, and it raises a meta-question that’s not before the voters as such, but that nonetheless…