
Author: Scott Lemieux

As Congress debates historic legislation, Republicans are consumingly obsessed with culture war pseudo-scandals even more inane than their usual culture war pseudo-scandals: On Tuesday, the estate of
A new CDC study re-affirms what should already be obvious: mask mandates are effective (while imposing only trivial costs,) and indoor dining should not be permitted until the virus is suppressed: As

Great Jamelle Bouie column on how the filibuster has been used to disenfranchise Black people for more than a century: The unwanted attention came in the form of a voting rights bill. In his first mes
This is amazing stuff: REPORTER: Americans are saying immigrant surges are happening under President Biden's watch PSAKI: Who are the Americans? REPORTER: The former president PSAKI: Former Presid

Greg Abbott is a real piece of work: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants released from custody, a senior Hom
I almost admire the way Glenn Greenwald has taken away any shred of plausible deniability from his dwindling army of non-wingnut apologists in this interview with the Daily Tucker: He went on to say t

The Pentagon waited more than three hours after the Trump/Hawley/Cruz/McCarthy Sedition Army invaded the Capitol to authorize deployment by the National Guard: Three hours and 19 minutes. That’s how
This is just stupid: President Biden has agreed to narrow eligibility for a new round of $1,400 stimulus payments in his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, a concession to moderate Senate Democrat
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- Big Fucking Deal
- The Workers Movement in Myanmar
- The Skeletal Remains of Neighborhoods Past
- American Rescue Plan – Passed
- Who steals his name steals trash, but he’ll still want a cut of the take.
- The Minimum Wage and Red States
- Work Cultures and the Post-Extractive Economy
- Politics without content
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