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Trita Parsi
As simple as this formula is, it doesn’t resolve the question of who should take the first step.
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own shouldn't be constantly worrying that they are going to lose their income overnight."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Today, the first domino of our cruel and inhumane war on drugs has fallen—setting off what we expect to be a cascade of other efforts centering health over criminalization."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"We are going to see something like we have not seen yet in this country," warned Dr. Michael Osterholm, who advised President Joe Biden's transition team.
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Just pepper spray her at this point," one officer can be heard saying about a young girl already in the backseat of a cruiser, just before another officer says, "I got her. I got her."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"My Republican colleagues used reconciliation to give almost $2 trillion in tax breaks to the rich and large corporations... You know what? I think we can use reconciliation to protect the needs of working families."
Simon Allison
Despite Bill Gates’ stated commitment to an equitable distribution of the Covid vaccine, he is refusing to back South Africa and India’s calls for a waiver on patents.
Sarah Anderson
In the new political landscape, poultry workers have already managed to scuttle a Trump administration reform that would’ve made their jobs even more dangerous.
Robert Reich
Biden’s success would put into sharp relief Trump and Republicans' utter failures on COVID and jobs.
Tom Engelhardt
Joe Biden may not believe in the imperial presidency, but it could be all he has.
Norman Solomon
We don't have any room to grade this administration on a curve. Progressives must push with everything they've got.
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Every single one of these Senate Republicans voted to give the Pentagon billions more than what they're willing to give to the American people."
Robert Reich
The corporate assault on democracy hasn't been as violent as the pro-Trump mob who stormed the Capitol. And it's entirely legal. But it's arguably more damaging over the long term.
Jim Naureckas
Eighty-seven times as many people have now died from Covid-19 in the U.S. as in China, but in a puzzling attempt to undermine the notion that China's pandemic response has been better, the Times has recently highlighted that country's "efforts to hide its missteps"—and criticized it for sending excess vaccines to other nations.
Leah Douglas
There are still unanswered questions about how and whether the vaccines will actually get to a workforce that ranks among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Eric Levitz
Joe Manchin doesn't necessarily have an interest in the institutional health of the Democratic Party, but the party's leaders have a vital interest in passing sweeping reforms that gratify its base and mitigate its structural disadvantages.
Tom Valovic
In a second "Gilded Age" where the power of billionaires and elites over our lives is now being widely questioned, what do we do about their ability to radically and undemocratically alter the landscape of our daily lives using the almighty algorithm?
