Tag: Biden
How regular voters played an impactful role in urging Biden to...
We discussed rapid response organizing, the impact of positive messaging and the role Pass the Torch played in Biden’s decision.
Majority of Democrats urge Biden to withdraw amid mental fitness concerns...
This sentiment is particularly strong among younger voters, posing a significant challenge to Biden’s campaign as crucial deadlines approach.
First House Democrat calls on Biden to step aside, citing risk...
Rep. Lloyd Doggett urges President Biden to withdraw from 2024 race to prevent an authoritarian Trump presidency.
Biden administration’s unprecedented arms sales to Israel raise ethical questions
Over 100 arms deals approved in just five months, fueling Israel's military operations in Gaza, spark international debate on U.S. complicity.
Shockwave through the Democratic Party: Minnesota’s ‘uncommitted’ vote challenges Biden’s Middle...
Does this groundswell of dissent, stemming from a coalition of progressives and younger voters, highlighting deep fractures within the Democratic base over the administration's approach to the Israel-Gaza conflict?
The game-changing promise of an OTC birth control pill
The U.S. appears likely to legalize over-the-counter contraception—a critical step in increasing women’s bodily autonomy and economic independence.
How leaders in the Department of Labor are fighting for workers’...
“We have an opportunity right now to buy American and build America like never before.”
Why student debt cancellation is reasonable, not radical
The right has narrowed the parameters of discussion on student debt forgiveness, and President Biden is not fighting back aggressively enough. We should, in fact, center the idea of fairness in this debate.
Asking the oppressed to be nonviolent is an impossible standard that...
"Only after the threat of black violence emerged did civil rights legislation move to the forefront of the national agenda."
A realistic ‘energy transition’ is to get better at using less...
Being an early adopter of solar technology has given me personal insight into some of the practical limitations and difficulties of the energy transition.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.