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It’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 — can we finally stop marching to disaster?
Rebecca Gordon
It’s probably hard for people born since 9/11 to imagine how much — and how little — things changed after that day
GOP lawmaker claims “Trump is listening to the many of us who are urging him to #PardonSnowden”
Jessica Corbett
The NSA whistleblower has used his platform to pressure the president to pardon someone other than himself: Assange
Trump’s last-minute pardon spree shows why Joe Biden just can’t “move on”
Amanda Marcotte
The country can't unite and heal if Republicans believe they have license to cheat in elections and commit crimes
Amidst federal execution spree, Trump pardons Republican friends charged with fraud and war crimes
Igor Derysh
It was also a good night for Mueller probe targets and Blackwater contractors convicted of slaughtering civilians
The Biden administration: Who will hold the power?
Robert Reich
Robert Reich on what you need to know about where the power really lies
Will the Dems sell us out in the midst of a pandemic?
Leonard C. Goodman
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
Obama’s new book offers key insight about how laws really get made
David Webber
Many former legislators offer accounts of their service — but few analyze the institutions in which they served.
Trump’s COVID task force coordinator Deborah Birx to retire after violating WH travel guidance
Igor Derysh
Birx said the backlash to her family trip after repeated anti-travel warnings has been a "bit overwhelming"
We’ve lost control: The real lessons of the Trump regime and the pandemic
Chris Hedges
Our society, and our species, is gripped by hopeful delusion. Dire recent events should have stripped all that away
Best of 2020: Watching Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic briefings finally let me grieve my father
Gina Gionfriddo
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this tribute to a father's uncanny similarities to a governor in crisis mode
Obama releases his TV Top 10 List, reminding Americans that he (unlike Trump) is just like us
Melanie McFarland
We've enjoyed so many of the same shows that Obama has; we can't say the same for our lame duck's viewing habits
Mitch McConnell is no more credible than Donald Trump — but the press sucks up to him
Dan Froomkin
Beltway reporters natter on about the "problem" of "dysfunction" — a problem overwhelmingly caused by one man
Barack Obama’s favorite songs of 2020: Springsteen, Bad Bunny, Dua Lipa
Daniel Kreps
Bob Dylan, Megan Thee Stallion and Beyonce, Phoebe Bridgers, Jeff Tweedy make former president’s year-end playlist
Can “earmarks” fix Washington dysfunction? A former symbol of corruption is now a sign of hope
Igor Derysh
Earmarks have long been criticized as organized "bribery" — but some lawmakers think they can break D.C. stalemate
Barack Obama’s favorite films of the year include “Nomadland,” “Mank,” and “Time”
Jude Dry
Every year, the former president reminds us just how good we had it by flexing his impeccable taste in film and TV
A return to fake right-wing outrage: Without Trump, Republicans run back to sexist resentments
Amanda Marcotte
Desperate to keep the rubes riled up, the right reverts to faking umbrage at "unladylike" self-expression
Senate Republicans throw the brakes on timing for Becerra hearings
Emmarie Huetteman
Senate Republicans may delay hearings on Joe Biden's nominee to lead Health and Human Services
“The Boys” cast reacts to Barack Obama praising show
Tyler Hersko
The former president cited several recent television shows that helped him unwind while writing his memoir
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and the progressive movement: A winter of discontent
Norman Solomon
Sanders has shaped history, and at this point isn't inclined to battle Biden. Time for others to pick up the torch
Should the Biden administration prosecute Trump?
Ryan O'Connell
One of Joe Biden's toughest decisions will be whether to authorize the Justice Department to prosecute Trump
Can progressives save Biden from disastrous economic policies?
Richard D. Wolff
Biden gives every sign of repeating the oscillating failures of previous administrations
Can Joe Biden’s America figure out how to stop creating terrorists?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
The U.S.-led "war on terror" has become a self-fulfilling policy fueling intractable violence. Will Biden end it?
Why Donald Trump is failing at making his dictator dreams a reality
Sophia A. McClennen
Trump’s autocratic designs are disturbingly forthright and blatant. We're lucky he's not better at building power
No, Obama, we do mean “defund the police”: It’s not a snappy slogan, it’s a demand for justice
D. Watkins
The former president thinks the "snappy slogan" is turning people off. I know someone he should meet and listen to
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