| Oct 28, 2020 | RoundupIn our last package before the election, Margot Rathke and Sarah Anderson report on new findings about the pivotal role poor people could play in the vote — and on-ground-efforts in places like Milwaukee to make that happen. Meanwhile, laid-off Iowa factory...
| Oct 21, 2020 | RoundupAs the election draws nearer, COVID-19 cases are spiking throughout the heartland, and new figures suggest the death total is now over 200,000. Seniors have been especially hard-hit — which would be one reason, Mitchell Zimmerman writes this week, the usually...
| Oct 14, 2020 | RoundupThis week, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is fielding questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee. So far, she’s refused to say whether voter intimidation is a crime, whether President Trump can delay the election or deny a peaceful transfer of power,...
| Oct 7, 2020 | RoundupThis week, fresh off his lavish, taxpayer-funded care for his own COVID-19 diagnosis, President Trump abruptly announced an end to negotiations on a new COVID-19 relief package before the election. This week in OtherWords, Rosaline John Baptiste, an unhoused domestic...
| Sep 30, 2020 | RoundupAt the debate last night, President Trump boasted about everything from his jobs record to his pandemic response, while insisting that he paid “millions” in taxes. The New York Times had just reported, of course, that Trump paid $0 in federal taxes for 10...
| Sep 23, 2020 | RoundupThis week, millions of Americans are mourning the recently departed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and preparing for a pitched battle over her replacement on the Supreme Court. In OtherWords, attorney Mitchell Zimmerman lays out the stakes for the court’s legitimacy if...
