With Supreme Court reform ideas, Biden is playing the long game
Harry Litman The first and easiest question to answer with respect to the package of Supreme Court reform measures that President Joe Biden announced Monday is whether... Read more.
Are Asian American voters loyal to Democrats or shifting Republican?
James Zarsadiaz There are more than 700 Asian American elected officials across the country, including the presumed Democratic Party presidential nominee Kamala... Read more.
Women are America’s working class now
Kathryn Anne Edwards It’s an election year, which means we’ll be hearing a lot from both Democrats and Republicans claiming that their party is the one... Read more.
What Kamala Harris’ run for California attorney general can tell us about this campaign
Dan Morain Smart Republicans could see a day like this coming — and tried mightily to prevent it — back in 2010. That was the year Kamala Harris, a bright, young,... Read more.
What America might learn from elections in Europe
James Coltella As America ponders its political future, the dynamics of politics in Europe offer U.S. lawmakers interesting food for thought — the change there... Read more.
At the Olympics, must it be men versus women?
Ian Hurd and Sadie Barlow It may come as no surprise that the first modern Olympics were a men-only affair. The second, in Paris in 1900, included 22 women, and... Read more.
For once, it’s Democrats who fall in line
Patricia Lopez Democrats are coming together with a swift, unified show of force that seemed unfathomable just days ago. It has made a mockery of a still-new Republican... Read more.
Why Harris should pick former astronaut Mark Kelly as running mate
John Lawrence With the Democratic presidential nomination all but delivered for Kamala Harris, speculation has turned to who would best complement her as the vice-presidential... Read more.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on homelessness is disappointing
Lynn Continuum of Care On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a profoundly disappointing decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson. The majority ruled that criminalizing... Read more.
The CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of depending on Big Tech overlords
Heidi Boghosian Starting on Thursday of last week with ripple effects for days afterward, a routine software update caused a record-breaking freeze across much of... Read more.