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Recent Democratic Victories Have Republicans Running Scared

John Nichols The Nation
Elise Stefanik is just the latest top Republican deciding against running in the 2026 midterms. While some retirements were to be expected, analysts are now anticipating a GOP exodus that could be unprecedented in modern American political history.

Will the Court Rule for Trump or for Wall Street?

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
As the Supreme Court now considers whether Trump can take over the Federal Reserve, we lose either way. In what may be its most difficult challenge: To whom does it owe its ultimate submission and greatest obeisance: Donald Trump, or Wall Street?

Other Victories for Working Families

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in America, showing well-organized progressives can beat the power of big money.

Uncertainty Persists for SNAP Recipients, Federal Workers As Shutdown Drags On

Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Camila DeChalus, Veronica Stracqualursi, Auzinea Bacon CNN
Food banks grapple with a surge in demand. The prolonged lapse in government funding continues to stress food banks, charities and nonprofits set up to assist Americans in need, with federal workers going without pay also turning to those sources.

What Next After No Kings Day II?

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Last Saturday brought out about seven million Americans in joyous protest. How to turn protest to power? The hopeful news is that Americans in all parts of the country demonstrated energy, resolve, and solidarity.

Russ Vought Is Going To Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Alex Shephard The New Republic
Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government. President Trump posted an AI video of Vought as the Grim Reaper. The Project 2025 architect has lived up to the billing

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Ta-Nehisi Coates Vanity Fair
"Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population...and the destruction of democracy."...are ignoring and sanitizing Charlie Kirk's legacy.

The Imminent Death of the Voting Rights Act

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
White people are depicted as victims of discrimination;.white South Africans are invited as refugees; the president demands a museum designed to tell the African American story must tell a happy tale. The voting rights law may not see a 61st birthday

Sounds Like the Plan: The Historical Roots of the Takeover of D.C.

Rick Massimo Forget I Said Anything
The capital has for most of its history been a largely-to-mostly-Black city run by open racists. This takeover by white federal officials is something many in the Black community have been anticipating for decades. There’s even a name for it-The Plan
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