Rights and Democracy
Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift
The immediate impacts are modest, but the order marks a top-level recognition that 100 years of cannabis prohibition were a mistake.
Safe Tap Water Should Be a Human Right
But from Michigan to Mississippi to Tribal communities in the West, millions of Americans don’t have it.
Revive the Child Tax Credit. Our Children Deserve Nothing Less.
Those monthly payments made the American Dream possible for millions of families, including mine.
Democrats and Republicans Agree on One Thing: Democracy Is In Crisis
But we’re polarized on what the crisis is — and one side’s dead wrong.
The Collapse of Local Newspapers Helps Hacks Spread Lies
“Critical race theory” panic owes its rise to thousands of fake websites filling the gaps left by real, independent newspapers.
The 800 Pound Gorilla
It’s never about the issues.
The GOP’s 2022 Platform Is a Grab Bag of Nuttiness
When not attacking the Muppets, the party’s leading figures have spent the year laying out plans to tax the poor and eliminate Social Security.
A Hell of a Place
Maybe getting kicked out of DeSantis’s Florida is a compliment.
Democrats Need to Keep Their Promises on Marijuana Reform
The politics of ending cannabis prohibition are good. The policy is even better.
Census Data Proves Anti-Poverty Measures Work
But to truly end poverty, we must do more — and if poor people and their allies come together, we can.