Category: Editors’ Picks

Reading Time: 3 minutes A Look Inside Biden’s Oval Office (Dan) The author writes, “President Biden has filled the Oval

Reading Time: 3 minutes Fact-Check: Would Trump Lose Post-Presidency Benefits If Impeached? (Reader Steve) From the Austin American-Stateman: “If the

Reading Time: 3 minutes Senate Trial of Former President Trump Depends Largely on 145-Year-Old Case (Reader Steve) From the San

Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Money Goes Towards Power’: Trump Is Exiting the White House With His Brand in Tatters (Dana)

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Hacker Who Archived Parler Explains How They Did It (Judy) From Vice: “With Twitter’s permanent

Reading Time: 2 minutes National Guardsmen Sleep on Capitol Building Floors Amid Threats of Violence (Dan) The author writes, “Hundreds

Reading Time: 3 minutes Parler Users Breached Deep Inside US Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows (Dana) The author writes, “At

Reading Time: 3 minutes Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws (Reader Steve) The author writes, “In the

Reading Time: 3 minutes January 6, 2021: A Day That Will Live in Infamy (Dan) From the Daily Hampshire Gazette:

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mob Attack on US Capitol Dominates Overseas News, Unnerves World (Reader Steve) The author writes, “News

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sen. David Perdue Became Wealthy Outsourcing Work to China. Now the Former CEO Stands With Trump,

Reading Time: 3 minutes Republicans Don’t Know Anything About Their Party (DonkeyHotey) From Data for Progress: “While the packaging of

Reading Time: 2 minutes Michael Cohen Predicts People Trump Pardoned May Testify Against Him (Russ) The author writes, “President Trump’s

Reading Time: 2 minutes CA Supreme Court Allows Murder Charge in Stillborn Fetus Case (Reader Steve) The author writes, “The

Reading Time: 3 minutes Grieving Texas Families Ask Why Virus Rules Aren’t Enforced (Reader Steve) The author writes, “As virus

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sidney Powell’s Secret Intelligence Contractor Is a Pro-Trump Podcaster (Russ) The author writes, “As she asked

Reading Time: 3 minutes Georgia Elections Chief Seeks to End No-Excuse Absentee Voting (DonkeyHotey) From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Republican Secretary

Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘I’m Haunted by What I did’ as a Lawyer in the Trump Administration (Russ) The author

Reading Time: 3 minutes Amazon’s Warehouse Pay Rate Has Left Some Workers Struggling (Dana) The author writes, “Amazon.com Inc. job

Reading Time: 3 minutes Questions Arise in Vaccine Distribution as Georgia Tops 500,000 COVID-19 Cases (Dana) From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn’t Vote. Here’s Why. (Dan) The author writes, “More Americans

Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill Barr’s Resignation Letter Perfectly Reflects His Entire Career (Dan) From Esquire: “Twice, I have seen

Reading Time: 2 minutes Undocumented Immigrants Are Half as Likely to Be Arrested for Violent Crimes as US-Born Citizens (Mili)

Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘Deliberately Indifferent’: Federal Government Sues Alabama Over Prison Conditions (Dana) From the Montgomery Advertiser: “The U.S.

Reading Time: 2 minutes 9 Out of 10 in Poor Nations to Miss Out on Inoculation as West Buys Up

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fourteen US Army Leaders Fired or Suspended at Fort Hood (Dana) From the Texas Tribune: “Fourteen

Reading Time: 2 minutes How to Save Democracy From Technology (Dana) From Foreign Affairs: “Among the many transformations taking place

Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘There Absolutely Will Be a Black Market’: How the Rich and Privileged Can Skip the Line

Reading Time: 3 minutes Peak Oil Is Already Here (Dana) The authors write, “A year ago, if anyone in the

Reading Time: 2 minutes Historians Sue Trump Administration to Preserve Records (Reader Steve) The author writes, “Historians and watchdog groups

Reading Time: 2 minutes Thanks to a Loophole, Houston Ambulance Trips Leave Door Open for High, Unexpected Bills (Reader Steve)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Trump Supporter Who Gave $2.5M to Fight Election Fraud Wants Money Back (Sue) The author writes,

Reading Time: 2 minutes Protesters Decry Amazon Warehouse Conditions as Commerce Giant Gears Up for Holiday Season (Reader Steve) From

Reading Time: 3 minutes Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies (Gerry) The author

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly 18,000 Airport Workers Sealed In for Testing After 7 COVID Cases Detected (Dana) The author

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why Republican Voters Say There’s ‘No Way in Hell’ Trump Lost (Reader Steve) The author writes,

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Supreme Court Is in Charge Now (Dana) From the New Republic: “After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s

Reading Time: 3 minutes Democrats: Be Afraid (Jeff) From the Bulwark: “The Republican party has won a national plurality exactly

Reading Time: 3 minutes What Will Happen to Border Wall Construction Under a Biden Presidency? (Reader Steve) From the Arizona

Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘Staggering and Tragic’: COVID-19 Cases Spike in US Children, Top 1 Million (Dana) The author writes,

Reading Time: 3 minutes Public Pressure and Lawsuits Kept USPS From Handing Trump the Election (Dana) The author writes, “There

Reading Time: 3 minutes Military Voters Fear They’re Part of Unsupported Fraud Claim (Reader Steve) The author writes, “Some military

Reading Time: 3 minutes Biden Can’t Stop America’s Democratic Decline (Russ) The author writes, “A few years ago I developed

Reading Time: 2 minutes Trump Loyalists Elevated to Powerful Roles at the Pentagon After Firing of Defense Secretary (Reader Jim)

Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Repugnant’ Kentucky State Police Training Included Hitler’s Guidance on Violence (Reader Steve) From the Lexington Herald-Ledger:

Reading Time: 3 minutes Arizona Flips! Navajos Contribute to Historic Shift (Dana) From the Navajo Times: “For only the second

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose (Dana) From the New Yorker: “No American President has ever

Reading Time: 3 minutes A Rare Blue Moon Will Bring a Halloween 2020 Treat to the Skies (Dana) The author

Reading Time: 3 minutes How Transgender Voters Are Fighting to Make Their Votes Count (Dan) The author writes, “Of the

Reading Time: 3 minutes These Voters Sat Out in 2016. Now They Could Determine the Next US President (Dan) The