1. vision 2020
    Watch Elizabeth Warren’s Endorsement of Joe Biden“Joe Biden is a selfless public servant. He is committed to the fight for social, racial, and economic justice.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  2. covid-19
    Wisconsin Justices Voted Absentee Before Making Everyone Else Vote in PersonSafety for me, risk of infection for thee.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  3. bailouts
    The Postal Service Deserves a Permanent BailoutAmerica can afford to cover the losses of an overwhelmingly popular agency that provides a valuable service and good middle-class jobs.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. coronavirus
    Democrats Mull Making Health Insurance Free for the UnemployedIt’s a simple way to continue the existing employer-sponsored insurance policies of the millions of Americans in the process of losing jobs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    Trump Campaign’s Genius Plan to Blame China for the Coronavirus Has One FlawTrump actually loves the Chinese government way more than Joe Biden does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. vision 2020
    The Wisconsin Results Should Worry Republicans EverywhereDemocrats’ judicial landslide, despite Republican voter suppression, is another sign all the anticipatory gloating of Trump supporters was premature.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. vision 2020
    Watch Barack Obama’s Endorsement of Joe Biden“I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now,” Obama said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. vision 2020
    We May Not Know Who Wins the Presidency on Election DayMost battleground states are going to have a lot of voting by mail, and those ballots just take longer to count.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. 2020 elections
    Progressive Upsets Conservative Judge After Suppressed Vote in WisconsinDespite insisting on holding an election in the middle of a pandemic to restrict voting, Wisconsin Republicans lost their grip on a key judicial seat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. supreme court
    Supreme Court Embraces 20th-Century Technology Amid PandemicThe public can finally listen to arguments as they happen, at least for the time being.
    By Irin Carmon
  12. vision 2020
    In a Joint Livestream, Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe BidenWhether the democratic socialist’s supporters will follow his lead is an open question.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. 2020 elections
    Susan Collins’s Popularity Keeps SinkingMaine’s Republican senator is caught between an unpopular president who demands loyalty and an electorate that demands independence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. vision 2020
    How Biden Can Respond to the Left’s Demand for Medicare for AllBiden’s first “concessions” on health-care policy aren’t enough to satisfy progressives. He might want to emulate Warren’s two-step plan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the media
    Where the Risk of Coronavirus Comes With Unparalleled AccessThese days, the White House is almost certainly the weirdest beat in American journalism.
    By Ben Jacobs
  16. the national interest
    Trump Claims Unconstitutional Power to Overrule State Stay-at-Home OrdersTrump claims he has authoritarian powers, dismisses legal right of state governments to handle police power.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. vision 2020
    Old Folks Like Biden, and That Could Really Matter in NovemberDemocrats last won over-65 voters in a presidential election in 1996. Biden gives Democrats a shot at building a coalition of seniors and millennials.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the economy
    America Has Replaced Capitalism With CronyismTrump has adopted a narrative that the coronavirus stimulus is about protecting the most vulnerable, but it’s about buttressing the most wealthy.
    By Scott Galloway
  19. coronavirus
    Doulas Are Going VirtualDoulas are getting creative to help their clients in a time of social distancing.
    By Collier Meyerson
  20. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Was Also Done In by Bad LuckSanders did some things well and a few poorly in his 2020 bid. But from Bloomberg’s crash to the pandemic, some obstacles were out of his control.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the swamp
    Trump’s Socially-Distanced CampaignBacked by his new loyalist press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, the president’s coronavirus briefings have replaced reelection rallies.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  22. coronavirus
    Apple and Google Team Up on Tech to Trace the Spread of the CoronavirusThe two companies will collaborate on ways to monitor the spread of coronavirus without compromising user privacy.
    By Brian Feldman
  23. labor
    Trump’s Labor Department Fights to Protect Workers From BenefitsEugene Scalia is working hard to shield Uber drivers from the threat of income support.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. covid-19
    Who ‘Deserves’ Jail During a Pandemic?The Cook County Jail in Chicago is America’s biggest coronavirus hotspot. Why did we allow this?
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. the national interest
    Trump Wants to Reopen the Economy Because He’s Panicking About Reelection PollsThe president is turning against public-health officials again because he’s on course to lose to Joe Biden.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. coronavirus
    In New Hampshire, COVID Ruled a ‘Disability’ Justifying Voting by MailIn a restrictive state when it comes to voting, Republicans will make a onetime exception for the pandemic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. vision 2020
    It’s the Last Campaign for Biden and SandersReconciliation should be easier in 2020, since unlike Clinton and Sanders in 2016, the survivors don’t need to anticipate battles down the road.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. vision 2021
    President Sanders Isn’t Happening in 2021. A Political Revolution Still Could.The coronavirus crisis may be as promising a vehicle for bottom-up progressive change as the socialist senator’s campaign once was.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. coronavirus
    As Hotels Offer Coronavirus Aid, Trump Properties Do NothingThough the hospitality industry is shut down, the Trump Organization hasn’t opened its resorts to cities to shelter health workers or the sick.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. coronavirus
    Pence’s Office Blocked Health Officials From TV to Boost Trump’s Ratings: ReportPence’s office reportedly blocked top health officials from appearing on CNN to ensure a ratings boost for Trump’s coronavirus press conferences.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. vision 2020
    Biden Inches Toward Sanders on Health Care, Student LoansBut on health care in particular, Biden’s revised plan doesn’t do much for those about to get hammered with private-health-insurance costs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. vision 2020
    How Biden Is Trying to Win Over Bernie’s SupportersHe’s deeply unpopular with Sanders loyalists, but party unity seems less daunting than it did in 2016.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  33. vision 2020
    Biden’s Hidden Advantage Against TrumpThe president did well in 2016 among voters who disliked both major-party candidates. That’s very unlikely to happen again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    Barr Praises Trump’s ‘Statesmanlike’ Handling of the CoronavirusThe Attorney General gives another bizarrely sycophantic Fox News interview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. the national circus
    Frank Rich: John Roberts’s Wisconsin ShameThe Chief Justice’s latest assault on minority voting rights does not bode well for November.
    By Frank Rich
  36. vision 2020
    Here Are the Red States That Limit Voting by Mail to Trump–Approved GroupsIt’s becoming the GOP party line that the procedure should be limited to seniors and military folk. Some places already follow that rule.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    Trump: Absentee Voting Is Fraud Unless It’s My SupportersRepublicans will use the coronavirus to suppress the vote, unless Democrats stop them right now.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Owes It All to African-American VotersIn retrospect, Biden’s once-improbable nomination was again and again made possible by crucial moments of support from black voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. covid-19
    The Novel Coronavirus Is Devastating Black Communities. This Was Predictable.Wisconsin is an object lesson in how racist policies have created an environment that leaves black Americans vulnerable.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  40. vision 2020
    No, Warren Didn’t Rob Bernie of the NominationContra Trump, Biden’s margin over Sanders exceeded Warren’s total vote in many states, and her supporters’ second-place support was closely divided.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential CampaignHis campaign once rode high, but Biden’s surge overwhelmed it and then the coronavirus overshadowed it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. 2020 elections
    After Its Disturbing Election Day, What Happens Next in Wisconsin?Republicans will probably benefit from their extraordinary efforts to hold down turnout, but we won’t know for sure until next week.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. 2020 elections
    Georgia Republican Raffles Assault Rifle, Cites ‘Looting Hordes From Atlanta’One hyper-conservative Georgia congressional district shows there’s still a market for ideological extremism, even during a pandemic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. trump administration
    Acting Navy Secretary Resigns After Calling Captain With Coronavirus ‘Stupid’Thomas Modly resigned after audio leaked of him insulting a Navy captain, who was removed after requesting aid for coronavirus patients on his ship.
    By Matt Stieb
  45. the national interest
    Trump in 2nd Day of Meltdown Over Government Report on Hospital ShortagesPresident rages over survey showing doctors and nurses lack protective equipment, can’t get coronavirus test results.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. joe biden
    5 Ways Joe Biden Can Make His Bad Podcast BetterFor one thing, the presumptive Democratic nominee shouldn’t be uttering the words “subscribe to us on iTunes.”
    By Will Leitch
  47. vision 2020
    No, Utopian Centrism Will Not Save Us From the CoronavirusNew York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks America craves token bipartisanship and ideological incoherence. That ain’t right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. republican party
    The Wisconsin GOP Is Risking Voters’ Lives to Protect Its Minority RuleRepublicans are disenfranchising voters by holding an election mid-pandemic so that they can keep disenfranchising Democrats through gerrymanders.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. coronavirus
    Ammon Bundy: ‘I Want the Virus Now’The “patriot movement” leader is pursuing his anti-government worldview into organized defiance of Idaho’s social-isolation orders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. the national interest
    The Next Coronavirus Bill Is Democrats’ Last Chance to Ensure a Fair ElectionThe travesty in Wisconsin is a preview of what is to come unless Democrats insist on a fair election.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. just asking questions
    ‘PTSD Waiting to Happen’: Bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel on Coronavirus Triage“We thought we were so rich, we thought the system was so well resourced we wouldn’t have to make those choices.”
    By Matt Stieb
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