Joe Biden

On the debt-ceiling, the Republicans are willing to wreck the economy but the Democrats are unwilling to stop them

By Noah Berlatsky / October 19, 2022 /

It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Pot pardons aren’t meaningless, but they aren’t enough either

By Mia Brett / October 12, 2022 /

The racist consequences of the “war on drugs” are still with us.

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By lifting debt burdens, Biden unleashes the democratic spirit

By Rod Graham / September 22, 2022 /

Better lives, better citizens.

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Make ‘Social Security for children’ permanent 

By Noah Berlatsky / September 13, 2022 /

What would the United States look like if we decided that children and their families had a right to abundance and liberty? 

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The former guy has no claim to the current executive’s privilege

By Lindsay Beyerstein / September 12, 2022 /

In a privilege fight between a sitting president and a former guy merely defending himself, the former guy should lose every time. 

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Why do the Republicans keep proving their ‘semi-fascism’?

By Mia Brett / September 8, 2022 /

They could just ignore Biden’s claim, but don’t.

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A Democratic president who does not back down changes everything

By John Stoehr / September 6, 2022 /

After “The Speech,” bothsidesism may be a sign of hope.

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No Democratic president in my lifetime ever talked about a Republican predecessor like that

By John Stoehr / September 2, 2022 /

It’s the end of an era.

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There’s no way Biden would use the term ‘semi-fascist’ if he did not believe that most Americans are behind the Democrats

By John Stoehr / August 31, 2022 /

He doesn’t risk alienating voters. He risks missing an opportunity.

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If the Congress is unchanged by the midterms, it will signal the return of an old norm

By John Stoehr / August 26, 2022 /

In the 20th century, six midterms flipped the Congress.

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