| Feb 17, 2021 | RoundupThis weekend, 57 senators voted to convict former president Donald Trump following his second impeachment. It was the highest number of senators ever to support conviction — and the most bipartisan impeachment conviction vote to date. Still, it came up short of...
| Feb 10, 2021 | RoundupThis week, the Senate is considering — once again — whether to convict Donald Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors. If he’s convicted, he would be barred from seeking office again. A few weeks ago, Mitchell Zimmerman made the case for impeaching...
| Feb 3, 2021 | RoundupThis week, Democrats are grappling with whether to press ahead with their own COVID-19 relief package or to seek some consensus — by drastically reducing the scope of the effort — with their GOP colleagues. In OtherWords, Mitchell Zimmerman says that would...
| Jan 27, 2021 | RoundupOne of the major provisions put forth as a COVID-19 relief measure is a proposal to raise the paltry U.S. minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. That would make a huge difference for essential workers. As Sam Pizzgati writes this week, drugstore employees at...
| Jan 20, 2021 | RoundupToday, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first woman, African American, and Asian American to become vice president. The challenges facing the new administration are enormous, as Biden acknowledged in his...
| Jan 13, 2021 | RoundupToday, the House is expected to impeach President Trump — again — for his role in inciting the sack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists. What happens next? This week in OtherWords, our writers offer some answers. “Trump should be impeached,...
