Today's Opinions: The Biden administration needs to take democracy issues much more seriously

Holding the Tokyo Olympics amid the covid pandemic threat is about corporate revenue, not the athletes; Tossing around 'Nazi' and 'fascist' as insults is reckless and historically illiterate; I lost the NYC mayoral race, but women and minorities win with ranked-choice voting; Will the labor market's Great Reset change things for workers over the long term? ; Stacey Abrams prods our constitutional imagination; The Biden administration takes an overdue first step to foster competition; If progressives don't start taking rising crime seriously, they risk getting mugged by reality ; Homeless in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City . . .; Don't want the FTC to act on antitrust? Tell Congress to get moving.; The forever war over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Virginia needs to revisit how it funds local prosecutors; Dear progressives: You can't fight climate change by going soft on China ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your morning dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Biden administration needs to take democracy issues much more seriously The political case for Biden not interjecting himself into the fight over voting rights is at best contested. But the moral case is clear. By Perry Bacon ●  Read more »   Holding the Tokyo Olympics amid the covid pandemic threat is about corporate revenue, not the athletes The right thing to do amid rising infections would have been to move everything back an additional year so that Tokyo 2020 became Tokyo 2022. By Mike Wise ●  Read more »   Tossing around 'Nazi' and 'fascist' as insults is reckless and historically illiterate God forbid, we may one day need to use those other words accurately again, and if so, it would be important that we not have cheapened them and erased their actual meaning from memory. By Mitch Daniels ●  Read more »   I lost the NYC mayoral race, but women and minorities win with ranked-choice voting A losing candidate for mayor of New York looks back and finds hope. By Maya Wiley ●  Read more »   Will the labor market's Great Reset change things for workers over the long term? Here's why the post-pandemic normal could look a lot like pre-pandemic business as usual. By Megan McArdle ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Stacey Abrams prods our constitutional imagination We have become far too timid about amending our founding document to deal with new problems and changed circumstances. By E.J. Dionne Jr. ●  Read more »   The Biden administration takes an overdue first step to foster competition President Biden's executive order Friday is an overdue first step to curb monopoly power By Bill Baer ●  Read more »   If progressives don't start taking rising crime seriously, they risk getting mugged by reality The denial needs to stop. By Helaine Olen ●  Read more »     Editorial Cartoons Homeless in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City . . . The homeless situation in the United States was bad before the pandemic. It's going to get worse. By Ann Telnaes ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     The Post's View Don't want the FTC to act on antitrust? Tell Congress to get moving. A controversial rule change at the agency distracts from the bigger picture. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   The forever war over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac President Biden has a chance to accelerate mortgage-finance reform. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Virginia needs to revisit how it funds local prosecutors Doing justice is not just about getting convictions and sending people to jail. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »     Global Opinions Dear progressives: You can't fight climate change by going soft on China Ignoring human rights doesn't help the environment. By Isaac Stone Fish ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Sergio Peçanha for email alerts every time Sergio publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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