On a Bad Night, Bernie Won Big With Latinx Voters. Here’s How He Did It.
When I first met Oscar Ortiz at his job in downtown Coachella, California, I noticed two things right off the bat. One, he’s very tall—like, 6-foot-enough to make it awkward for this 5-foot reporter to walk next to him and get a microphone anywhere near his mouth. And two, he’s got a pretty chill demeanor—at…
Sometimes the Obvious Thing Is True: Bernie Sanders Is Just Too Liberal
At the risk of stating the obvious—and the even greater risk of stating it a little too obviously—the most likely reason that Bernie Sanders is losing has nothing to do with his strategy or his toxic followers or Elizabeth Warren refusing to drop out. It’s because he’s too liberal. That’s it. Even among Democrats, there’s…
The Trump Administration Is Enshrining Its Anti-Science Policy in the Midst of an Epidemic
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA As more states learned they have rising numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday evening—now 16 states report at least 135 cases—the EPA made an important announcement: The agency is moving closer to finalizing a policy for restricting what health studies it can consider for any of the EPA’s scientific work. That…
China Constructed New Hospitals in Days, and Other Lessons From Their Response to the Coronavirus
Mask-wearing people on a street in Beijing, China on March 4, 2020, amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19.AP For many of us, the scariest part of the coronavirus outbreak is what we don’t know—how severe the virus is, how it’s transmitted, what we can do to stop its spread. “The many unknowns about…
She Won an Abortion Rights Case in the Supreme Court. Now She’s Watching the Same Damn Fight Again.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Amy Hagstrom Miller is one of the fiercest advocates for reproductive rights in the country. She is the president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, a network of eight abortion clinics that operate in five states, and she’s best known for her role as a plaintiff in a Supreme Court case in 2016,…
Sanders Said It Takes a Revolution to Beat Trump. On Super Tuesday, Most Democrats Disagreed.
Bernie Sanders arrives for his primary night rally in Vermont.Matt Rourke/AP Bernie Sanders, the Vermont democratic socialist, has been trying for five years to convince Democratic and independent voters to join a political revolution and back his hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. He has drawn thousands to his mega-rallies. He has inspired millions—many of…