Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein covers legal affairs, health care and politics for the Editorial Board. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, she’s a judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Find her @beyerstein.

‘A hit man sent them.’ Police testify for the first day of House hearings on the January 6 insurrection

July 27, 2021 /

You couldn’t ask for a clearer mandate.

The Texas AG takes his revenge

July 22, 2021 / Comments Off on The Texas AG takes his revenge

The ongoing search for unicorns.

There are no clear-cut answers to the problem of a president’s son making a living from his dad’s name

July 14, 2021 / Comments Off on There are no clear-cut answers to the problem of a president’s son making a living from his dad’s name

All Joe Biden can do is distance himself ethically, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

The World Anti-Doping Agency veered from its lane into the racist history of cannabis prohibition

July 7, 2021 / Comments Off on The World Anti-Doping Agency veered from its lane into the racist history of cannabis prohibition

What the hell was the watchdog thinking? asks Lindsay Beyerstein.

Why is it so hard to believe bats started covid?

July 1, 2021 / Comments Off on Why is it so hard to believe bats started covid?

Lindsay Beyerstein on Zeynep Tufekci’s contrarian nonsense.

Alabama district attorney aims to prosecute a woman for taking prescribed drug while pregnant

June 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Alabama district attorney aims to prosecute a woman for taking prescribed drug while pregnant

Another side of the war on women, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

If there’s a disease outbreak, there’s a conspiracy theory to explain it. Trump’s playing an old game

June 10, 2021 / Comments Off on If there’s a disease outbreak, there’s a conspiracy theory to explain it. Trump’s playing an old game

The basic logic never changes, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

At least four justices want to overturn Roe

May 19, 2021 / Comments Off on At least four justices want to overturn Roe

It’s that simple, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

Justice Breyer, will you please retire now please?

May 11, 2021 / Comments Off on Justice Breyer, will you please retire now please?

Anti-democratic extremism is accelerating, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

The memory-holing of Trump’s putsch

May 5, 2021 / Comments Off on The memory-holing of Trump’s putsch

Neither Pearl Harbor nor 9/11 were as bad.