What A Day

When a Presidential Convention Turns The Election

24 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The balloons are deflated. The halls have gone quiet. And the entire city of Chicago is, once more, nursing a hangover. But did the DNC really change ...

No Beyoncé, No Problem: Kamala Harris Captivates The DNC

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic nomination for President Thursday night on the final day of the Democratic National Co...

Harris-Walz Ticket Gives Young Voters New Hope

22 Aug 2024

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The Democratic National Convention continued Wednesday night as Tim Walz formally accepted the nomination for Vice President. He went full "coach mode...

"Do Something": How Stacey Abrams And Organizers On The Left Are Mobilizing In 2024

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday night’s DNC turned into a raucous celebration as delegates from each state showed off their local pride while casting their votes for Vice P...

The DNC Says Farewell To Biden, Hello To Harris

20 Aug 2024

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On Monday night, President Joe Biden kicked off the Democratic National Convention. In his speech, a political swan song, Biden looked back on his maj...

The DNC Protests You Should Know About

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Democratic National Convention kicks off today in Chicago. While Vice President Kamala Harris is riding a lot of positive momentum into the DNC ah...

Could Vance Sink Trump? History Says: Maybe!

17 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been about a month since former President Donald Trump chose J.D. Vance to be his running mate on the Republican ticket. And in that short amou...

How Low Will Dems Go?

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eight years after Michelle Obama's famous "When they go low, we go high" speech, Democrats have been changing their rhetorical strategy on the campaig...

'The Squad' Wins Some, Loses Others

15 Aug 2024

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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar easily won her primary race on Tuesday in a rematch against an opponent she beat by just a few thousand votes two years ago....

West Coast Cities Grapple With SCOTUS Grants Pass Decision

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Across the West Coast, cities and counties are still figuring out their approach to homelessness roughly a month after the Supreme Court gave them the...

Iran Has (Allegedly) Entered The Chat

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday, The FBI confirmed it's investigating claims that Iran hacked the Trump campaign. The agency did not publicly release additional information...

How Black Voters Matter Is Organizing For Harris

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President Kamala Harris is well on her way to shoring up the kind of historic support from Black voters that was starting to slip away from Presi...

Tim Walz's Progressive Realism, Explained

10 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In front of a crowd of thousands at a rally in Philadelphia this week, Vice President Kamala Harris made her first appearance with her newly-minted ru...

Trump Is Getting Nervous

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today marks one decade since 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. was killed in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's death at the hands of a white law enforcement off...

Harris-Walz Centers Reproductive Choice

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Reproductive choice is on the ballot in 2024, and Vice President Kamala Harris is making it a central issue in her presidential campaign. Harris has b...

Governor Walz Comes Out Swinging

07 Aug 2024

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After much deliberation, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. The two debuted together later...

Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush Is Fighting To Keep Her Seat

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

St. Louis, Missouri, residents will vote on Tuesday in one of the most expensive Democratic primaries of the 2024 election cycle. The Congresswoman wh...

Kamala Harris' Time As DA: Cop or Progressive?

03 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When then-Sen. Kamala Harris ran for president in the 2020 election, progressive activists quickly labeled her a “cop,” a reference to her time as...

Who Will Silicon Valley Support In 2024?

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Silicon Valley leaders have been weighing in loudly on the upcoming presidential race. Over four hundred venture capitalists and other tech executives...

Misogynoir Takes Center Stage During Q&A With Trump At NABJ

01 Aug 2024

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Former President and convicted felon Donald Trump took to the main stage at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual convention in Chicag...

All The Vice President's White Men

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage on Tuesday at a campaign rally in Atlanta in front of a crowd of thousands. She was joined by some celebri...

Democrats Get Serious About Court Reform

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday, President Joe Biden announced an ambitious three-part plan to reform the Supreme Court. He’s calling for term limits, a binding ethics co...

"Smart On Crime": How VP Harris's Record As Prosecutor Could Impact The 2024 Race

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Almost as soon as Vice President Kamala Harris jumped into the 2024 presidential race, she found a message to set her apart from former President Dona...

Here's The Best Clue We Have on Kamala Harris' Foreign Policy

27 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President Kamala Harris is hitting the campaign trail, but her talking points don’t shed much light on her approach to foreign policy. With war...

The Paris Olympics Gets Political

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Paris Summer Olympics holds opening ceremonies today, officially kicking off 16 days of elite athletic competition. USA gymnastics legend Simone B...

Voters Outside The Democratic Base Weigh In On VP Harris

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Wednesday, President Biden addressed the nation in an Oval Office speech — three days after he announced his decision to end his re-election bid ...

Will Vice President Harris Follow Biden's Lead on Middle East Policy?

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, D.C., today to address a joint session of Congress. On Tuesday, hundreds of demonstrators ...

Why Democrats Aren't Afraid of GOP Legal Challenges to VP Harris's Candidacy

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Vice President Kamala Harris in position to receive the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, Republicans like House Speaker Mike Johnson...

Biden Exits The Race, Kamala Harris Races To Replace Him

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden announced Sunday he is ending his re-election bid and is throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democr...

Will the Trump Assassination Attempt Change the 2024 Race?

20 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since the moment someone shot Donald Trump last weekend, we’ve been hearing the same thing: this election’s over, and it’s going to Trump. But t...

RNC 2024: Same Old Trump

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former President Donald Trump wrapped up this week’s Republican National Convention on Thursday night with the longest speech in convention history....

Three Weeks After The Debate, More Dems Call For Biden To Step Down

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday was jam-packed with new developments on and around the Democratic campaign trail. The White House announced that President Biden tested posi...

Breaking Down Project 2025

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the outskirts of this week's Republican National Convention, the ultra-conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation held a "Policy Fest" to disc...

From Foe to Bro: JD Vance is Trump's VP

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former President Donald Trump chose Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday, just as Republicans kicked off their national convention in Mi...

A Call For Unity After Trump Assassination Attempt

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Saturday, a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at one of his campaign rallies in Pennsylvania. While Trump was not serio...

How Democrats Lost The Power to Remove Biden

13 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why isn’t there a way for party leaders to get together—in a back room, ideally somewhere dark and smokey—and just give Biden the boot? As it tu...

Biden's NATO Presser Leaves Democrats Still Divided

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden on Thursday wrapped up this week’s NATO summit in Washington by giving his first solo press conference since November. Despite m...

Polls Show Biden's Narrowing Path To Victory

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lawmakers continue to weigh in on the fate of President Biden’s re-election campaign. Vermont’s Peter Welch on Wednesday became the first Democrat...

The Anti-Abortion Agenda Hiding In The GOP's Platform

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Republicans appeared to soften their stance on abortion ahead of next week’s party convention and adopted a policy platform this week that didn’t ...

Biden Says He's Isn't Going Anywhere

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Biden continued to aggressively push back on the idea that he would drop out of the presidential race. He started Monday morning by sending ...

Biden Defies Calls To Exit The Presidential Race

08 Jul 2024

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President Joe Biden spent the long July Fourth weekend trying to save his re-election bid after his disastrous debate performance more than a week ago...

Dems Change Their Tune About Biden For President

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We may be starting to see a seismic shift in how the Democratic Party publicly talks about whether President Joe Biden should remain the party’s pre...

Supreme Court Grants Trump Some Immunity From Prosecution

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court's conservative majority handed former President Donald Trump a major win on Monday, granting him broad — though not full — immun...

Could Biden Be Replaced?

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden campaign spent the weekend trying to contain the damage from the president’s devastating performance in Thursday night’s presidential de...

The Origins of America's Toxic Obsession With Lawns

29 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why is America so obsessed with lawns and order? Max and Erin get into the weeds of how the founding fathers made cultivating grass an American pastim...

Debate Night: What A Disaster

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well… that happened. In the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, President Biden failed to ease concerns about his age, igniting pa...

Ready, Set, Debate!

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to square off tonight in their first debate of the presidential election — and the fir...

Republicans Turn To Cheap Fakes In The Presidential Election

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ready or not, tomorrow is debate day. And both President Joe Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, are under a lot of pressure to show the...

Progressives and Centrists Spar In Major NY Democratic Primary

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s New York primary elections, voters in the state’s 16th Congressional District will decide what’s become the most expensive House prim...

The State of Abortion Access Two Years After Roe

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today marks two years since the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that for decad...

Is This Progressive Answer to Crime Working?

22 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a way to send fewer people to prison while lowering crime rates? This week’s How We Got Here unpacks the progressive prosecutor movement—...

Congress Weighs Drafting Women To Military

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Congress is weighing proposals to update mandatory military conscription policies — aka the draft — including whether to expand it to include wome...

The Push For Federal Action On Extreme Heat

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tens of millions of Americans in the Northeast and Midwest are sweating through their first major heatwave of the year. Heat is the deadliest of all n...

A Georgia Man's Life Mission To Preserve Black History

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Speaking at a Juneteenth event at the White House this month, President Joe Biden warned about the “old ghosts in new garments” trying to erase th...

Netanyahu Dissolves Israel’s War Cabinet

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dissolved his war cabinet that’s overseen the country’s fighting in Gaza. The move was expecte...

Trump's Odds Of Getting Conviction Reversed

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former President Donald Trump has vowed to appeal his criminal conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to sway the 2016 election. His s...

The Real Story Behind the Far-Right's Rise in Europe

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been hearing that the far-right is on the rise in Europe for a decade now. And yet, with a few exceptions, these parties are nowhere near taki...

SCOTUS Maintains Access to Abortion Drug...For Now

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court preserved broad access to the abortion drug mifepristone — at least for now. The justices dis...

Rep. Jamie Raskin On Project 2025

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

House Democrats on Tuesday launched an official task force to take on the far-right agenda Republicans envision under a second Trump presidency. The g...

Hunter Biden's Guilty Verdict

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A Delaware jury on Tuesday convicted Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, on three federal felony gun charges. The verdict makes Biden the first...

How Climate Change Is Impacting Reproductive Health

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Justice Department to weigh in on two cases that deal with whether cities and states can hold fossil fuel ...

Israel Hostage Rescue Mission Kills Scores of Palestinians

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel’s war cabinet, resigned from his post on Sunday. His announcement came one day after Israeli forces rescued four...

Why Is the SAT Back (Again)?

08 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Until recently, many people—and colleges—rejected the SAT as a racist and classist metric that perpetuated social divides. But now it’s being ch...

SCOTUS Holds Off On Big Case Decisions... Again

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Thursday was a bit of a letdown for Supreme Court watchers. The justices issued opinions in three smaller cases, but we’re still waiting for decisio...

Harris, Trump Head To California To Court Big-Money Donors

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign rode his felony conviction to a banner fundraising day last week, raking in more than 50 million dollars wi...

Sen. Alex Padilla: Biden's Border Plan Is "Unconscionable"

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will severely limit the number of migrants who can claim asylum at the border. Flanked by high-prof...

Biden's Executive Order For The Border

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order today that would severely limit the number of migrants who can claim asylum at the U.S.-Mex...

Celebrity Endorsements For The Win?

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re about five months away from election day, meaning both campaigns will do whatever they can to boost their standing with voters. One of the way...

Trump, Guilty As Charged. Now What?

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guilty, guilty, guilty. A Manhattan jury on Thursday found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges in his criminal hush-money tr...

Trump's Fate Now In The Hands Of Manhattan Jury

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Manhattan jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal defense trial began deliberations on Wednesday. The jury asked to rehear four pieces ...

Hush Money Trial: Closing Arguments Are Over, Now Jurors Deliberate

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments Tuesday in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial. New York Justice...

The Supreme Court's Samuel Alito Problem

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has called a rare special legislative session starting today to ensure President Joe Biden’s name appears on the st...

What A War Crimes Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Really Means

25 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The International Criminal Court is formally seeking warrants to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. But w...

SCOTUS's South Carolina Decision Isn't The Only Voting Rights Fight To Watch

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The United States Supreme Court sided with Republicans in a decision over South Carolina’s disputed congressional map. Last year, a lower court rule...

Biden Welcomes Kenyan President For State Visit

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced plans on Wednesday to fast-track a vote on a bill to protect access to birth control and oth...

Giuliani Arraigned For 2020 Election Scheme In Arizona

22 May 2024

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was one of 11 people who pleaded not guilty in an Arizona court on Tuesday to charges they tried to overturn ...

The ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Israeli and Hamas Leaders

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Monday announced plans to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel — includ...

Morehouse Graduates Silently Protest Biden's Commencement Speech

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden gave the commencement speech at Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony on Sunday. Some students and faculty at the historically...

The Hidden Roots of America's Baby Bust

18 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Birth rates are plummeting around the world and no one has cracked the code on how to get people to have babies. More money, free daycare, and medical...

Wins For Voters in Louisiana and Wisconsin

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we saw some big wins in the fight to expand access to the ballot box. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reinstated a second majority Black co...

DOJ Vows To Protect Election Workers

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed to two debates on Wednesday. In agreeing to the debates, Biden and Trump are bucking the ...

Trump's Surrogates Take Center Stage In Manhattan

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial hit a new level of chaos Tuesday as Michael Cohen, Trump’s former self-described ‘fixe...

Poll: Biden Losing Ground In Battleground States, But Don't Panic

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump leads President Biden in five of the six battleground states, according to two new polls released by the New York Times. These polls come...

The Fiasco That Delayed College Decision Day

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Decision Day" for high school students looking to go to college was pushed back this year to May 15th, rather than the traditional May 1st deadline....

What’s Really Behind America’s Generational Divide Over Israel

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why are middle-aged and older Americans persistently pro-Israel? It hasn’t always been the case. This week on How We Got Here, Max and Erin discuss ...

A Stormy Week In The Hush Money Trial

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adult film star Stormy Daniels took the stand this week in the hush money trial against former President Donald Trump. And let's just say she didn't h...

How Much Leverage Does The Biden Administration Have Over Israel?

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. would not supply Israel with some weapons if it moved forward with a ground invasion of Rafah. The...

DOJ Set To Sue Iowa Over Harsh Immigration Law

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Justice Department is set to take a significant step this week, initiating a lawsuit against Iowa over its new immigration law. This law, which cr...

How A Rafah Invasion Could Impact Palestinian Refugees

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hamas on Monday announced it had agreed to a proposal for a ceasefire deal, renewing hopes a truce with Israel could be reached. Israeli officials sai...

Trump's VP Wannabes

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Former President Donald Trump held an audition of sorts on Saturday for his top vice presidential picks. At least seven known Veep wannabes attended t...

Is a Bird Flu Pandemic Inevitable?

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why does it feel like avian flu is always circling around? How did it land on cows? Are we on the cusp of another pandemic? Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, host o...

Trump Takes ‘It All In’ At Hush Money Trial

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Thursday was Day 10 of former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in Manhattan. Before testimony resumed, Justice Juan Merchan held a...

Congress Passes Antisemitism Legislation In Attempt To Quell University Protests

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New York police officers arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters who’d occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on Tuesday night whil...

Biden Administration Moves To Lessen Restrictions On Marijuana

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Department of Justice took a significant step on Tuesday to downgrade federal restrictions on marijuana. The DOJ submitted a formal recommendation...

MTG, Mike Johnson, And The Depths Of GOP Chaos

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New York holds a special election today to fill a seat vacated by Democratic Congressman Brian Higgins. The Democrat in the race, state Sen. Tim Kenne...

Biden Reiterates “Clear Position” Against Rafah Invasion In Latest Call With Netanyahu

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to discuss developments in the latest round of cease-fire talks. Th...

How Unions Won The South

27 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Employees of a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee just voted to form the FIRST autoworkers union in the Southern US. It’s no small feat in a...

Supreme Court Weighs Immunity In Trump's Jan 6 Case

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case. Trump’s lawyer tried to assert t...

SCOTUS Hears Trump Immunity Case

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a landmark case that could determine whether former President Donald Trump can be tried for his role in the...

Gaza Campus Protests Through the Eyes Of Student Journalists

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Police arrested hundreds of college students in the last week amid intensifying campus protests over the Israel-Gaza war. While demonstrations have be...