Will Lawrence Is Upending Conventional Wisdom on How to Win Congressional Districts
In a Michigan swing seat, a grassroots organizer is taking on data center developers and warmongers, with a populist message he thinks can win over voters.
The Assault on Congress’s Anti-Monopoly Solution
By letting presidents fire independent agency commissioners at will, the Supreme Court broke a deliberate diffusion of power that is as old as the Constitution itself.
Public-Health Officials Cross Their Fingers During World Cup
Despite a challenging nationwide climate for disease prevention and control, officials in Texas are stepping up their efforts at the 2026 World Cup.
The Court Equivocates on Whom to Deport
Birthright citizenship appears to be OK, but refugees from ‘shithole countries’ gotta go.
Organized Money: How to Think About AI (with Cory Doctorow)
AI might just be useful once we get through the huckster phase.
Onward Christian Soldier
Victor Marx, who may become the Republican nominee for governor of Colorado today, depicts himself as a karate-chopping, children-saving, hardcore pastor. None of it is reliable.
Hillary Clinton and Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza
Why would the former Democratic presidential nominee endorse one of Trump’s more grotesque ventures?
Pop-Up Super PAC Plays Dirty in Colorado’s First Congressional District
The dark money flowing into the Democratic primary pitting entrenched 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette against progressive insurgent Melat Kiros has helped energize Kiros’s campaign.
Two Rulings That Are Impossible to Reconcile
If you believe that presidents get to fire executive branch appointees, there is no logical way for that to only be inapplicable for the Federal Reserve.
Anti-Monopoly Bill Hits Make-or-Break Moment in California
Advocates have gained momentum to beef up the state’s primary antitrust law, but the largest companies in the nation are trying to stop it.
A Bad Week for Billionaires
Losing New York to socialists, facing a wealth tax election in California—our oligarchs begin to suspect that Americans may not like them very much.
Has Ukraine Turned the Tide?
Trump cut off support for Ukrainian defense. It didn’t work out for Russia.
Courts Keep Blocking Trump’s Moves Against the Right to Vote
We are protected not only by Congress’s rejection of the SAVE America Act. Courts are distinctly unsympathetic to Trump’s attempted takeover of elections via executive order.
Billionaire Wealth Tax Headed to the California Ballot
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who opposes the tax, tried to intimidate proponents into pulling the measure. It didn’t work.
The Rogue Supreme Court Blesses Ethnic Cleansing
The national council of law wizards held that Donald Trump can deport nonwhite refugees on baldly racist grounds even if he doesn’t follow the law in doing so.
20th Immigrant Dies in Trump’s Detention Camps
The increase in deaths can’t be attributed to population increase, according to a new Human Rights Watch analysis.
The War of Capital
Asset managers, private investment firms, and institutional investors like pension funds have divergent interests, though as the SpaceX IPO reveals, the money power acts in concert.
Housing Crisis Hits Home for College Students
On or off campus, students stress over housing, especially in high-cost states.
Trump Day at the Supreme Court
The right-wing justices repeatedly ruled Trump’s way today—just possibly, to soften him up for an anti-Trump ruling still to come.
The SAVE Act Comes for Everything
First it was FISA, then a housing bill that overwhelmingly passed. Now it’s going to end congressional lawmaking for the rest of the year.
Lessons From an Arctic Gas Pipe Dream
Alaska LNG is an instructive failure in political imagination.
Military Families Are Going Hungry—and the Numbers Don’t Yet Reflect the War
The number of families struggling with food insecurity nearly tripled in the last two years.
An Unlikely Bipartisan Housing Win
The new housing law is a victory for Democratic agenda-setting, but real impact on housing costs remains elusive.
The Machine Breaks Down in New York
DSA’s and Mayor Mamdani’s candidates rocked establishment incumbents backed by unions and political bigwigs. In most cases, it wasn’t even close.
Reclaiming the Majority Is One Way to End Warrantless Surveillance
Flipping either one or both chambers of Congress could give Democrats enough leverage to force fair votes on privacy reform, but ending warrantless surveillance remains an uphill battle.
Greenspan Was the Creator of His Own Disaster
The former Fed chair, who died at the age of 100 this week, deliberately engineered financial markets to be faster and looser. Then they blew up.
Crypto Industry Gets Its Way on GENIUS Act Rulemaking
The primary federal regulators of stablecoins are finalizing their rules for GENIUS Act implementation and, much to the chagrin of the banking industry, crypto firms are getting everything they want.
The Reflecting Pool and the Killer Rabbit
Donald Trump’s second term is being defined for the public in real time.
Organized Money: How States Can Regulate Big Oil
California is showing a way forward in an equitable energy marketplace.
How Liberals and Progressives Should Celebrate America’s 250th
Let’s remember what was revolutionary about the American Revolution.
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