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  • Letters From an American
    The News Today Was Awful… Except When It Wasn’t
    July 31, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Today juxtaposed the worst of America and its best.
  • Democracy & Government
    Without Medicare for All, This Isn’t ‘the Boldest Democratic Platform in American History’
    July 31, 2020
    | John Nichols

    The Democratic National Committee’s platform committee approved a draft of the party’s 2020 agenda this week and committee cochair Denis McDonough promptly described it as the “boldest Democratic platform in American history.” It’s not.

  • Letters From an American
    The Milestone that Nobody Wanted to Reach
    July 30, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    For all that Trump seems eager to win reelection, he appears to have little interest in governing.

  • Pandemic Timeline
    Dr. Redfield’s Retreat: Compromising the CDC
    July 29, 2020
    | Steven Harper

    The director of the CDC has capitulated. Under the guise of “guidance,” Dr. Robert Redfield recently released a full-throated promotion of Trump’s latest pandemic talking points urging all schools to reopen in the fall.

  • Letters From an American
    The Republican Narrative
    July 27, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    No New Deal in sight
  • Letters From an American
    The Party's Over
    July 24, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Trump Cancels the Convention
  • Pandemic Timeline
    Anatomy of a Character Assassination: Trump Goes All-In Against Dr. Fauci
    July 22, 2020
    | Steven Harper

    Donald Trump has targeted a new pandemic villain: Dr. Anthony Fauci. Among his transgressions, the nation’s leading infectious disease physician relied on facts and science to contradict Trump’s talking points and criticize his policies. Even worse, he has outperformed Trump in public opinion polls.

  • Pandemic Timeline
    The Schoolyard Bully
    July 15, 2020
    | Steven Harper

    Against medical advice, Donald Trump pressures schools to reopen.

  • Pandemic Timeline
    Study Shows 5.4 Million Have Lost Insurance Amid Pandemic
    July 15, 2020
    | Jake Johnson

    Amid the worst public health crisis in a century and a devastating economic downturn that has thrown tens of millions out of work, more than five million people in the US lost their health insurance in just three months this year, shattering the previous record set during the entire annual period from 2008 to 2009.

  • Letters From an American
    What is Going on with Russia?
    July 14, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Media coverage of Trump’s commutation of his associate Roger Stone’s prison sentence has pushed the Russia bounty story out of the headlines. Knowing Trump’s skill at distraction, it’s hard to believe this is a coincidence.



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