Opinion

Did you know Joe Biden can help American workers right now, even without Congress?

The conventional view doesn’t account for the Trump factor, which gives Democrats a fighting chance of keeping one or both chambers.

I used to believe several things about the twenty-first century that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election in 2016 have shown me are false.

Everybody's ignoring the deeper structural reason for price increases: the concentration of the American economy into the hands of a few corporate giants with the power to raise prices.

His praise for the ruthless dictator should not surprise anyone—but the future implications if Trump runs and wins back the presidency must be fathomed.

What can possibly explain Manchin’s and Sinema’s votes against voting rights?

The key aspect that makes democracies work is the peaceful transfer of power from one party to another.

Have we just about decided that the further accumulation of billionaire fortunes makes for good public policy?

A minor infraction cost me my driver’s license, my job, thousands of dollars, and over a decade entangled with a system that punishes poverty.

Why is it controversial to spend on social programs but not the Pentagon? Or to subsidize the poor but not the rich?