4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (319+ words) How did your members of Congress vote on ICE funding? I will show you how to look it up. Go to congress.gov and type in Secure America Act. This is the bill earlier this year that funded ICE with…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (234+ words) The No Kings coalition, whose hundreds of affiliated groups have put millions of Americans into the streets in support of democracy, rolled out its next big event yesterday. In a press release, the groups announced that October 17 will be a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (468+ words) Here’s the historical argument for, and then I’ll give the arguments against. We’ve changed the number of justices already seven times in the first 80 years under the Constitution: we went from six to five to six to seven to nine…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (468+ words) The devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet that have left more than 1,000 people dead and thousands missing, including Americans, serve as a powerful reminder: Climate change is bringing more natural disasters to humanity. To save lives, societies must do all…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (43+ words) The Contrarian Make Voting Hard Again A cartoon by Nick Anderson Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (444+ words) Senator Lindsey Graham’s death in July — followed by his sister Darline’s temporary appointment to and campaign for his congressional seat — boosted national attention on South Carolina’s Senate race. This usually safe Republican seat now sits on shaky ground, especially after…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (240+ words) In some ways, this is good. A competent pro-Trump majority would have enacted laws codifying his tariffs, his cancellation of foreign aid, his mass deportations without due process, and voter-suppression schemes. Instead, federal courts have stymied him again and again…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) Imagine the U.S. government contracted with a private company to assemble a small team, fly it overseas, break into an office, and wreck enough of the operation to shut it down for months, perhaps for good. Washington would approve the target,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (242+ words) Last week, Donald Trump’s Treasury Department announced that it would “permanently remove the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information” and that it would delete all such information filed with the U.S....

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (545+ words) Colorado’s 5th congressional district, which encompasses Colorado Springs and El Paso County, has never had a Democratic Representative. Historically, it’s been considered “ruby red,” however, growing frustrations with MAGA politics and failed campaign promises are diluting this district to a light…...