Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?

Recent comments from Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries suggest that the party’s leaders are ill suited for the moment.

By Alex Shephard

Tell Trader Joe’s: Use less plastic packaging

Sponsored by Environment America

At Trader Joe’s, bags of carrots, bunches of broccoli, and tubs of mushrooms are shrink-wrapped in plastic. These thin plastic films are nearly impossible to recycle.

When it enters our environment, plastic waste kills millions of animals every year.

Tell Trader Joe’s: Reduce plastic packaging

A Major Search and Seizure Case Is Coming to the Supreme Court

The Roberts court will have to resolve a significant Fourth Amendment dispute next term. What they decide could potentially expand the "community caretaker" doctrine for police.

By Matt Ford

Meet Elon Musk’s Puppet Master: Russell Vought

The person poised to take over DOGE from Trump’s pet billionaire is the guy who’s actually been running it all along.

By Timothy Noah

Big Oil Gets Slapped With Its First Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Leon v. ExxonMobil is the boldest step yet in the efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the damage it’s done to the planet.

By Aaron Regunberg

Where the Money Is: America’s Obscene Wealth Gap

Undoubtedly, Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy; but the bigger threat is the obscene wealth gap that allowed his rise. This event on Tuesday, June 24 will build on our special reporting and polling about the concentration of wealth in America.

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