Last Night, Democrats Argued With Each Other. Tonight They Wasted No Time Going After Trump.
At the start of Thursday’s second Democratic presidential debate on NBC, 2020 candidates had sharp words for Donald Trump and the Republican party, making for a notable shift in tone from the first presidential debate Wednesday. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) kicked off the debate with a zinger. When asked whether Democrats had a duty to…
Activists Outside the 2020 Debate Are Demanding That Climate Change Take Center Stage
Just a few hours before the second round of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are set to face off, dozens of local activists in Miami, Florida held an “Underwater Climate Rally,” calling for more discussion about climate change at the second Democratic debate. A coalition of local environmental groups organized the march to the Arsht Center…
“You Didn’t Think. You Just Fought:” a Stonewall Veteran Recalls that Life-Changing Night, 50 Years Ago.
Courtesy Martin Boyce In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, an uprising at The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village ignited a new phase in the LGBTQ rights movement that inspired similar movements across the United States and the world. But for Martin Boyce, a restless gay 21-year-old looking to party, it was…
Highlights From Jared Kushner’s Bizarre and Fantastical Middle East Peace Conference
Shaun Tandon/AFP/Getty To solve what he called “the war that never ends” between Israel and the Palestinians, President Donald Trump promised to pursue an “ultimate deal” after securing the White House in 2016. No landmark agreement has materialized, but during a two-day summit this week in Bahrain, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner presented…
Rex Tillerson: I Did Not Challenge Putin on 2016 Election Attack
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA In 2016, Vladimir Putin mounted a sweeping attack on the US election in part to help elect Donald Trump president. Less than three months after Trump took office—after the US intelligence community had publicly confirmed that Russia had waged this covert information warfare—Trump sent his new secretary of state, Rex Tillerson,…
Watching the Nightly News Might Be Good For You
Here’s an interesting graphic from a survey done by More In Common. It’s not about which media sources are the most accurate. It’s about which media sources do the most to improve the accuracy of your perceptions of your political opposites: If this is right, every single type of news media makes your perceptions of…