Supreme Court allows Trump's order to choke state ballots via USPS
The American system is supposed to be a check on power, but sometimes the checks become levers for concentrated interest.
By Maya Ellison ·
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Supreme Court allows USPS to restrict mail-in ballots for voters
The Supreme Court did it again. It didn't fix anything; it merely cleared a runway for something deeply corrosive.
By Josie Calloway ·
Trump's trades: Opacity shields power from public scrutiny
The sheer volume of it is staggering—over a thousand transactions in June alone.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
ABC lawsuit confirms FCC uses regulatory power as political punishment
The rule of law, I have found, rarely cares about whether a network has good intentions. It only cares if the procedure was followed, or more often, if it was circumvented by political will.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Pirro's charges must not criminalize critique at the Memorial
The spectacle of a national memorial—a place meant to anchor us in shared memory and sacrifice—being defaced with bubble soap and graffiti is inherently jarring.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
ABC News notes board defies Judge Cooper on Trump name at JFK Center
The sheer audacity of it beggars belief: to vote to shutter a national arts complex for two years, citing a $250 million renovation plan, only to simultaneously slap President…
By Sophie Naimi ·
Max Miller's blue bunny stunt shows poor integrity in Ohio politics
The people closest to the ground know more than the people writing the rules from Washington D.C., or indeed, from any high-rise law office where the only thing being held hostage…
By Ruth Behrens ·
New CDC director is confirmed, giving agency its first permanent leader in a year
The way power operates, particularly in matters of public health, is rarely about epidemiology or virology; it’s always about leverage. Today’s confirmation of Dr.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
From Comey to Letitia James: DOJ uses indictments for score-settling
The illusion that American justice is impartial has been systematically dismantled, not by some single act of rebellion, but by a steady drip-feed of calculated political…
By Maya Ellison ·
Ted Cruz demands Fauci face jail time, labels him as America's 'most damaging bureaucrat'
The entire spectacle unfolding on Capitol Hill is less about the virus and more about who gets to write the next chapter of American history. Sen.
By Imani Sutton ·
Ukraine is embracing MAGA. It’s not clear if MAGA is hugging back
The great, persistent delusion of modern American politics—that ideological purity and partisan shouting can somehow replace real-world power dynamics—is finally showing its seams.
By Grant Colby ·