Politics
Want More Proof of Corporate Media’s Anti-Bernie Bias? Look at MSNBC’s Democratic Debate.
During the debate and in the spin room, Sanders was treated more like an outsider than a front runner. It’s part of a broader anti-Bernie slant in the “liberal” network’s coverage.
Branko Marcetic
Why “High Hopes” Is the Perfect Dance Song for the Buttigieg Campaign
It’s a meritocratic fantasy.
Dayton Martindale
$44,000 for Air Ambulances, Hour-Long Rides to an ER—The High Cost of Healthcare in Appalachia
Rural hospitals are closing or downgrading at an alarming rate. That could be fatal.
Mason Adams
Southern Workers Unite Around Medicare for All: “A Tremendous Liberation From Your Boss”
Workers from across the South converged in Charlotte, N.C., on September 21 to kick off a Medicare for All campaign.
Jonathan Michels
With Net Neutrality Axed, Local Governments Are Racing To Save the Open Internet
Cities and states are leading the way in defending the internet from corporate control.
Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman
9 Stats That Show the Tax Code Favors the Ultra-Rich
Without dramatic tax reform, inequality will continue to skyrocket.
Izii Carter
Centrist Pundits Assume Voters Agree with Them. Polling Tells a Different Story.
Jonathan Chait and Rahm Emanuel get "electability" totally wrong.
Jonathan Cohn
A Quick Guide to Impeachment, in 10 Numbers
From Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton to the alleged crimes of Donald Trump.
Izii Carter
MSNBC Is the Most Influential Network Among Liberals—And It’s Ignoring Bernie Sanders
When the network’s primetime pundits do cover Sanders, they cover him more negatively than they do Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden.
Branko Marcetic
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Represent Very Different Political Traditions
What actually separates Sanders and Warren in 2020
Leon Fink
The Real Reason U.S. Media Won’t Call Evo Morales’ Ouster in Bolivia a “Coup”
The Bolivian coup is not a coup—because the United States wanted it to happen.
Alan MacLeod
Trashing Teachers and Red-Baiting: How a Republican Governor Lost in Kentucky
Democrat Andy Beshear defeated Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in deep-red Kentucky. The lesson? Attacking teachers and socialism won’t protect the GOP.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
How Ranked Choice Voting Could Make the 2020 Election More Democratic
The landmark voting reform is quickly spreading across the country—and could have a major impact on contests in 2020.
Adam Eichen
Any Good Climate Plan Must Address Poverty and Racism
Why climate justice advocates have been demanding this since long before the Green New Deal.
Dayton Martindale
Why We Need Young People To Run the Country—And Why I’m Voting for Bernie Anyway
You can't trust anyone over 30 years in office. Except maybe one.
Dayton Martindale
Ben Rhodes’ False Atonement for the Yemen War
Our failure to reckon with Obama-era atrocities—and why it matters.
Sarah Lazare
Ageism Has No Place in the Presidential Election
Science tells us that age and health are two very different things.
Susan J. Douglas
The U.S. Betrayal of the Kurds Is Five Years in the Making
Though Trump struck the match, the latest crisis in Syria is the predictable result of long-standing U.S. policy.
Patrick Lewis
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