Bernie Sanders The controversy over Bernie Sanders’s low-paid field staffers, explainedVox - Matthew YglesiasIn early June, Sen. Bernie Sanders traveled to Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting to confront company executives over their moral culpability for the low incomes of many of the company’s employees. is
Mark Sanford Mark Sanford is willing to run against Trump for president if people start talking about the debtVox - Tara GolshanSouth Carolina Republican Mark Sanford sees a hurricane coming and he’s scared nobody cares. “I know it’s a pleasant day on the coast of South Carolina right now, but this thing is coming our way, will
Andrew Yang Why 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up GoogleRecode - Eric Johnson2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s best-known policy proposal is his version of universal basic income, a $12,000-annual stipend for every American adult called the Freedom Dividend. But on the
Private Equity Elizabeth Warren’s latest Wall Street enemy: private equityVox - Emily StewartElizabeth Warren has a plan for the private equity industry — and they’re probably not going to like it. For workers at the now-defunct Toys R Us, Payless, and Shopko, had her plan already been enacted,
Donald Trump Trump abruptly reverses course, offers full-throated defense of racist chantsVox - Aaron RuparOne day after he made an unconvincing attempt to distance himself from the racist chants that rang out at his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday night — something his fellow Republicans said they were
U.S. Politics Jerry Nadler asks Hope Hicks to clarify her “inconsistent” testimony about hush paymentsVox - Aaron RuparFormer Trump campaign and White House aide Hope Hicks may be out of the woods when it comes to the Southern District of New York’s now-concluded investigation of the illegal hush payments former Trump
U.S. Politics Governors in these states can give workers a raise with the stroke of a penVox - Dylan Matthews2019 has been an outstanding year for advocates of a higher minimum wage. New Jersey, Maryland, and Illinois all enacted increases that will make their minimum $15 an hour by 2024 or 2025; New Mexico a
Lara Trump The Trump racism spin cycleVox - Jane CoastonPresident Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters have, once again, made the subtext into blatant, blaring text. We are deep in the Trump cycle of racist invective, in which the president says something
Ilhan Omar “Send her back” is where racism and authoritarianism meetVox - Zack BeauchampIt’s hard not to feel chills when you watch the video of a Trump rally in North Carolina where this chant, directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, breaks out. The president, in the middle of a diatribe against Omar,
U.S. Politics What can be done right now to stop a basic source of health care fraudVox - Marshall AllenIn our story about the convicted health care con man David Williams, we detailed how the Texas personal trainer made off with millions by billing some of the nation’s largest health insurers as if he a
U.S. Politics What economists have gotten wrong for decadesVox - Jared BernsteinIn a House hearing on monetary policy last week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a telling confession in response to a question from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The topic was the so-called
Bernie Sanders CNN announces the nightly matchups for the second Democratic debateVox - Andrew ProkopIt’s official — CNN has announced which Democratic presidential candidates will share the stage in this month’s second, two-night Democratic presidential debate. After a somewhat absurd live event involving
Play buttonEric Garner “Do something”: why Bill de Blasio is facing criticism for the Eric Garner caseVox - P.R. LockhartIt’s been two days since the Department of Justice announced that NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be prosecuted for the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose cries of “I can’t breathe”
U.S. Politics Senate Republicans are literally avoiding what Trump does and saysVox - Li ZhouRepublican senators are hearing what they want to hear when it comes to President Donald Trump. The latest controversy over his fans’ “send her back” chant is no different. Initially, many Republican made
Michael Cohen Michael Cohen documents unsealed as Trump hush money investigation concludesVox - Andrew ProkopThe government released several search warrant documents related to their investigation of Michael Cohen Thursday — and apparently revealed that the investigation into hush money payments made on Trump’s
Ilhan Omar “Send her back!”: Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar — and the response to them — represent a new lowVox - Aaron RuparRep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a Somali refugee who became a US citizen. In November, she was elected to Congress by an overwhelming majority of voters in her Minneapolis district. Her story embodies elements
U.S. Politics Trump claims he tried to quell “send her back!” chants. The video says otherwise.Vox - Aaron RuparDuring an Oval Office media availability on Thursday, President Donald Trump made a desperate attempt to distance himself from one of the ugliest moments of his presidency — one his words directly incited,
U.S. Politics Trump’s racism is part of his larger conVox - Matthew YglesiasOn Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump traveled to North Carolina to arouse the faithful by reiterating his racist crusade of the moment — a campaign to drive Rep. Ilhan Omar out of the country back
U.S. Politics It wasn’t just Ilhan Omar — Trump disparaged 8 women during his speech in North CarolinaVox - Aaron RuparPresident Donald Trump, amid a rant about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a Somali refugee turned Congress member, promoted his fans to break out into chants of “send her back!” He also went after each of the
Minimum Wage The House just passed a $15 minimum wage. It would be the first increase in a decade.Vox - Alexia Fernández CampbellThe House passed a bill on Thursday to double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. This would mark the first increase to the rate in more than a decade and the highest increase ever. A total of 231
Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein wanted to await trial in his Manhattan mansion. A judge just said no.Vox - Anna NorthA judge on Thursday denied bail to money manager Jeffrey Epstein, who has been charged with sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy. The ruling by Judge Richard Berman of the US District Court the
U.S. Politics Here’s where the US government is using facial recognition technology to surveil AmericansRecode - Shirin GhaffaryAcross the US, government use of facial recognition technology, which critics say poses a serious threat to Americans’ civil liberties, is on the rise. A new report released Thursday from digital rights
Donald Trump Trump’s racist tirades against“the Squad,” explainedVox - Matthew YglesiasDonald Trump has a decades-long track record of racism that includes everything from calling for the execution of innocent teenagers to breaking fair housing law. This fact about him drifts on and off
U.S. Politics The controversy over whether the media should call Trump’s racist tweets “racist,” explainedVox - Matthew YglesiasPeter Baker, in a July 14 New York Times “news analysis” article about President Trump’s decision to go on a racist Twitter tirade about four progressive first-term women of color in the US House of Representatives,
U.S. Politics George Will makes the conservative case against democracyVox - Ezra KleinIt’s a good time to be a Republican. But it’s a bad time, George Will argues, to be a conservative. Hence his new, 700-page manifesto, The Conservative Sensibility, which tries to rescue conservatism the
Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, explainedVox - Andrew ProkopJeffrey Epstein’s indictment on sex trafficking charges is notable for many reasons: the scope of his alleged crimes, his wealth and influence, and the controversial non-prosecution agreement the Justice
Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders made Medicare-for-all mainstream. Now he’s trying to reclaim it.Vox - Tara GolshanSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took the stage at George Washington University Wednesday to reclaim an idea he’s made central to Democrats’ health care debate: Medicare-for-all. Since Sanders brought Medicare-for-all
Congressional Committees House votes to hold AG Barr and Commerce Secretary Ross in contempt of Congress over census citizenship questionVox - Ella NilsenThe US House has voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt for not complying with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request for information
U.S. Politics The DNC just announced the roster for the second Democratic debateVox - Andrew ProkopThe Democratic National Committee has announced which 20 candidates qualified for this month’s second Democratic presidential debate — but the important question about how they’ll be split among the two-night
