The raid may be the next Mueller investigation. Or it might be something more. Monday night was a potentially watershed moment in the age of Donald Trump, which we are still living in eighteen months after his departure from the White House. Federal agents executed a search warrant on Trump’s…

They finally outsmarted their opponents. The Biden administration has been revived. Last Wednesday, Joe Manchin announced that he and Senator Chuck Schumer had reached a deal on the Build Back Better plan, now known as the Inflation Reduction Act. This new agreement gave Democrats over $300 billion in green energy…

It won’t save the world on it’s own. But the Democrats performed better than most had expected. The January 6th committee wrapped up its first set of hearings last week. This latest round was just as newsworthy as the committee’s previous televised meetings. Members heard testimony from two Trump aids…

Blame the 1960s. The past month has been disastrous for the movement to forestall climate change. The Supreme Court invalidated many tools the EPA had to cut down on carbon emissions in its June West Virginia v. EPA decision. Then, last week, Joe Manchin reportedly scuttled Democratic plans to fight…

The Democratic Party may not have a chance without him. The American pundit class has spent this week returning to one of its favorite topics: the debate over who Democrats should nominate for president in 2024. The question has all the trappings of a summer news topic. It is relatively…

One man, a Yale Law School professor in the 1930s, almost took down the Supreme Court. Here’s why he couldn’t. The reversal of Roe v. Wade this June is yet another example of the conservative nature of the Supreme Court. For the past two decades, the Court has passed decision…

The Court giveth and the Court taketh away. Democrats once again are asking themselves what to do about the Supreme Court. Last week’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade has set off a firestorm of controversy. Democrats have been pushed to make all sorts of Court reforms to match the national…

It has limits. Monday was a federal holiday, the second national celebration of Juneteenth and a day to remember the final end of American slavery. But most news commentators that day were not as focused as they should have been on this day of reflection and celebration. Instead, they were…

Another thorny issue dominated by partisanship. Last Tuesday was a decisive moment in American progressive politics. Chesa Boudin, the reformist prosecutor in San Francisco, was recalled with 60% of the vote going against him. Mayor London Breed will appoint Boudin’s successor. Ever since the vote, progressives have debated what exactly…