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Sarah Jones is a senior writer for Intelligencer who covers politics and has written for New York since 2018. She was previously a staff writer for The New Republic and is the author of Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass, forthcoming from Avid Reader Press.

  1. national security
    The War on Terror Is InescapableIt produced Trump and remains a threat to American democracy, a new book argues.
  2. andrew cuomo resignation
    Whither the Cuomosexual?The governor’s downfall should mark the end of political stan culture.
  3. politics
    The Most Powerful Labor Leader in America Has DiedAFL-CIO president Richard Trumka passed away unexpectedly, in a blow to organized labor at a critical time.
  4. politics
    What Other Deadly Things Will Ron DeSantis Joke About?Florida’s governor used COVID as an icebreaker at a conservative conference. Here are some alternatives.
  5. pandemic
    Vaccine Mandates Are for the Public GoodIf you’re a frontline worker, vaccination is a moral obligation.
  6. business
    The Backbreaking Work That Goes Into a Bag of ChipsFrito-Lay workers strike for family time and against dangerous conditions.
  7. politics
    Big, Ugly Hero to Workers Spared ExecutionThe National Labor Relations Board says unions can continue to display Scabby the Rat.
  8. business
    One Giant Leap for InequalityJeff Bezos’s space joyride is a spectacle of grotesque wealth.
  9. the economy
    How the New Child Tax Credit Is Already Changing Lives“There’s very few good news stories, and this is one.”
  10. drugs
    The Pandemic Year Broke the Record for Fatal Drug OverdosesFentanyl and the isolation of quarantine proved deadly for tens of thousands of Americans.
  11. business
    Space Flight Is an Exclusive FantasyBillionaires don’t expand our world; they consume it.
  12. politics
    The Anti-Vaxx Party Is Taking ShapeThe far right proudly rejects the COVID vaccine out of imagined fealty to Trump.
  13. politics
    How to Manufacture a Moral PanicConservative journalist Christopher Rufo has helped incite a right-wing uproar over racism education with a mix of dramatic, dodgy reporting.
  14. politics
    The Political Implications of White Evangelical DeclineThe denomination’s ranks are slipping, with potential consequences for the GOP.
  15. politics
    J.D. Vance Is Having a Rough TimeGod appeared to strike the launch of his Senate campaign in Ohio.
  16. politics
    The New Republican HeresyHow the Capitol riot became a test of party loyalty.
  17. as told to
    ‘It’s Just Devastating to See These Conditions’As a deadly heat wave grips the Pacific Northwest, a former farmworker speaks out about the danger to people laboring in the fields.
  18. politics
    The Hell Donald Rumsfeld BuiltIraq should be a permanent stain on his name.
  19. politics
    Failson NationEntitled children running for office is a symptom of decline.
  20. politics
    ‘Socialism’ Isn’t a Dirty Word AnymoreYoung Americans are increasingly critical of capitalism and open to an alternative. Will Democrats seize the opportunity?
  21. politics
    DeSantis Reveals What Critical Race Theory Hysteria Is All AboutIt’s about punishing speech.
  22. politics
    It Looks Like Buffalo Will Have a Socialist MayorIndia Walton is likely to defeat incumbent Byron Brown in a major Democratic primary upset.
  23. covid-19
    Nursing-Home Deaths Increased Exponentially Last YearThe toll of COVID is becoming clear.
  24. politics
    What Republicans Mean When They Say ‘Stacey Abrams’Joe Manchin doesn’t make for an easy demon.
  25. business
    Amazon Is Too Large to SustainThe company’s growth outpaces its ability to care for its workforce.
  26. politics
    Reality Winner Is Finally Out of PrisonThe NSA contractor remains in federal custody in a reentry program after getting five years behind bars for leaking secrets.
  27. politics
    What Does Kyrsten Sinema Care About?The senator’s “what, me worry?” attitude and defense of the filibuster leaves voters in the lurch.
  28. politics
    Trump Wasn’t Cut Out for a Blogger’s LifeAfter just a month, the ex-president is tired of blogging.
  29. politics
    The Vaccine Hesitant on Why They Finally Got the ShotIt’s not about science, it’s about trust.
  30. business
    Even a Dystopia Would Wince at Amazon’s ‘ZenBooth’Workers need more bathroom breaks. Instead, they get a box to meditate in.
  31. media
    Who Is the Media Really For?The AP’s firing of Emily Wilder and CNN’s protection of Chris Cuomo show the true values of what passes for journalism.
  32. pandemic
    ‘You Can’t Trust People’Seven vaccinated people explain why they’re bucking CDC’s recommendation to take off their masks.
  33. far out
    Little Green Men After Our HeartsWhy do we care so much about aliens?
  34. business
    ‘It Hurts My Heart When I Have to Say, You Got to Speed Up’An Amazon dispatcher on her job surveilling your delivery driver.
  35. politics
    The Return of the Welfare Queen MythBiden shouldn’t give in to old right-wing smears of the poor.
  36. politics
    The Sexist Backlash to Universal Day CareWomen left the workforce. The right wants to keep it that way.
  37. politics
    What Comes After Trickle-Down Economics?If Biden really wants to get beyond the neoliberal consensus, he needs the left.
  38. sports
    Why Valets Are Ready to Disrupt the Kentucky DerbyThe workers who tend to thoroughbreds want more for their dangerous jobs from Churchill Downs.
  39. politics
    What Was Missing From Biden’s SpeechThe president went big on policy, but there was at least one notable omission.
  40. politics
    Biden to Give Nearly 400,000 Workers a $15 Minimum WageAn executive order will do what Congress refuses to do, at least for employees of federal contractors.
  41. politics
    George W. Bush Can’t Paint His Way Out of HellThe chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again.
  42. 2021 elections
    ‘It’s Not Enough to Be Progressive. You Have to Have Been There.’Tahanie Aboushi is running to be Manhattan DA after her own family was prosecuted.
  43. business
    ‘There’s a Very Human Cost to Convenience’An Amazon driver on delivering your packages, being tracked by his bosses, and having to pee in bottles.
  44. business
    Philanthropic MonstersA new book shows how the Sackler family behind the opioid epidemic tried to buy immortality. They almost succeeded.
  45. politics
    The GOP’s Barebones AmericaBehind a narrow definition of infrastructure lies a narrow vision for the country.
  46. business
    America’s Failure Is Amazon’s SuccessAlec MacGillis’s Fulfillment is a portrait of trickle-down inequality.
  47. amazon
    Amazon Defeats Union Drive in Bessemer, Alabama VoteIt’s a setback for the labor movement but an opening salvo in a much longer fight.
  48. politics
    North Carolina Republicans Want to Punish Gender ThoughtcrimeA new bill would require public employees to notify parents if a child displays “gender nonconformity.”
  49. politics
    ‘The System for Wealth Building Is Designed to Build White Wealth’Professor Dorothy Brown on the racist nature of the tax code and how to fix it.
  50. politics
    The First Major Progressive Challenger of 2022 Is HereOdessa Kelly runs to unseat a Blue Dog Democrat in Tennessee, recruited by the same group behind Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.
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