Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"To pretend that norms will constrain Trump or McConnell would be folly, yes. But for Democrats, the media, and the public to concede the ground in advance is to do their dirty work for them."
Christopher Brauchli
President Donald Trump looks on next to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a meeting at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland on March 3, 2020. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Walden Bello
"The recent massive fiscal and monetary interventions of capitalist states, though insufficient, have underlined for people what is possible under another system with different priorities and values." (Photo: Jonny White/cc/flickr)
Frank Fischer
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion attend a protest against the expansion of Stansted Airport on August 29, 2020 in Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom. (Photo: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"With a track record of failure on Iran, the Trump administration's spin machine appears to be going into overdrive heading into November."
Juan Cole
"The Knesset roundly rejected the bill, with both the Likud-led far-right coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Blue and White bloc of his foreign minister and sometime rival, Benny Gantz, voting against it." (Photo: Ben Amos Gershom/Prime Minister of Israel)
Kumar Venkat
A structure on Highway 128 goes up in flames after the Kincade Fire raged into the Alexander Valley on Sunday morning, October 27, 2019, east of Geyserville, California. (Photo: Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)
Chandra Thomas Whitfield
A Boston Public School student prepares for a caravan protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 13, 2020, as parents, teachers and students engage in an ongoing debate about the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Nakiya Wakes
"How do you put a price tag on the trauma, pain, and turmoil that greedy politicians inflicted on our whole community for the sake of profit? You can't." (Photo: Shutterstock)
C. Kyle Rudick
President Donald Trump greets Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after the State of the Union address on Feb. 5, 2019. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Jeffrey C. Isaac
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is flanked by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) while speaking to the media about President Donald Trump's Proposed FY 2018 budget May 23, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Michael Winship
Give Justice Ginsburg the proper sendoff and let the election winner choose.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The clock is a way to speak science to power," says a project co-founder.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
One critic warned that "this decision imperils the health of our children and the safety of drinking water supplies across much of the nation."
