John Kerry isn’t usually like this. During his half-century in public life, the Massachusetts Democrat has served as a model of a dignified American statesman, projecting stoicism, resolve, and a well-coifed New England nicety that rarely ruffles. He kept his cool while being “swiftboated” as a presidential nominee in 2004, …
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer. She was an icon. The legend known as the “Notorious RBG.” And to me, she was a role model and a friend. Her sharp legal mind, her compassion, and her fighting spirit pried open doors for millions of women, including myself. I remember …
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WASHINGTON —In a little-noticed ruling on Friday evening, the Trump administration rejected a petition by a coalition of labor unions that had asked the federal government to require passengers to wear masks on airplanes, trains, and other major forms of transportation. The Department of Transportation told the Transportation Trades Department …
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On an average day, more than 40,000 noncitizens are held in some 200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers around the country — a mix of private prisons and county jails with federal contracts. The overwhelming majority do not have lawyers, and there is little in the way of government …
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Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic reported on Thursday that President Trump doesn’t have quite as much respect for the military as he claims, to put it mildly. Goldberg lists several examples. The most prominent is an account of why, during a 2018 trip to Paris, Trump declined to visit the …
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Somewhat surprisingly, the Republican National Convention hasn’t shied away from addressing the coronavirus, which has killed over 175,000 Americans thanks largely to Trump administration incompetence. Unfortunately, the pandemic is being portrayed this week not as a crisis that is still very much ongoing, but as something President Trump’s decisive leadership …
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When it comes to voting rights in our pandemic election year, President Donald Trump has a habit of saying the quiet part out loud. In May, he tweeted that mail-in voting in 2020 would “LEAD TO THE END OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY.” In June, he told Politico that the …
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It’s hard to bend your mind around how much is at stake in the climate crisis, much less what to do about it. But this much is clear: It’s time — way past time — to go fast, and go big. Joe Biden’s $2 trillion climate proposal, despite its shortcomings …
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When the Rev. Dr. William Barber II saw that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the first to eulogize the late John Lewis as he lay in state inside the Capitol rotunda on July 27th, the civil rights leader thought of Jesus admonishing the Pharisees. “We love the tombs of …
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New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday against the National Rifle Association and a number of its current and former executive leadership, claiming the non-profit organization is “fraught with fraud and abuse.” In the filing, the Attorney General alleges that improper management has cost the powerful gun …
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