It isn’t often that a shift in federal tax policy has an immediate, positive and widespread impact on America’s struggling working families. And it’s perhaps even more […]
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PRESS Act: What it means for journalists & America
There must have been a strange and rare alignment of stars on Jan. 18, because on that day, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect Reporters […]
GOP plans to choose new speaker with party-line vote. How’d that work out?
by Doyle McManus John A. Boehner lasted five years as House speaker before he ran out of patience with his party’s hardline Freedom Caucus. “Legislative terrorists,” the […]
The shallow bipartisanship of the CTC
by Christopher Howard Despite the enormous toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, child poverty in the United States declined. According to the government’s supplemental poverty measure, which is […]
GOP’s committee boycott backfires
by Jonathan Bernstein Tuesday’s hearing of the House committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, provided a stark reminder of how the […]
Bipartisanship following 9/11 seems remote today
by Carl P. Leubsdorf It’s been two decades since that horrific morning when an assault from the sky caused New York’s two iconic towers to erupt in […]
In an encouraging sign, bipartisanship breaks out
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Veteran Washingtonians scoffed when candidate Joe Biden said he believed many Republican lawmakers were open to a more conciliatory approach than their fierce […]
July 25 letters to the editor
Climate change won’t wait for GOP to agree It’s not often a West Virginian has the power to make a profound impact on the world, but Sen. […]
Guest essay: When God sends a helicopter
by Delegate Joey Garcia A man climbed to his roof to escape a dangerous flood. He rejected offers to ride to safety in a rowboat, a motorboat, […]
Clobber leaders for compromise and you’ll get the government you deserve
by Patricia Murphy When I tell people that I cover politics for a living, the response I almost always hear is that people want Congress, or the […]
