September 4, 2021 | Reading Time: 2 minutes

GOP paramilitary takeover, sex worker rights, covid lab leak debunked, Roe still alive in 49 states, plus John Stoehr’s week

The weekend edition of the Editorial Board!

Share this article


Welcome to the weekend edition of the Editorial Board, where you will find a roundup of everything produced over the last week by our amazing stable of writers.

This week featured me, too. Here’s what you may have missed. (Reminder: I send my stuff out every weekday around lunchtime. There is no paywall for my stuff. This is an effort by the Editorial Board to rebuild the public square and the common good. Contributions to the Editorial Board from other writers are behind a pay wall.)


• September 3, 2021
Lawlessness is a feature of the Republican Party, not a bug Read more

• September 2, 2021
By turning law enforcement over to ‘abortion vigilantes,’ Texas uses lawlessness to destabilize equal treatment under law Read more

• September 1, 2021
Why do the people who desire bans on abortion desire bans on vaccine-mandates? The connection isn’t ‘freedom’ Read more

• August 31, 2021
Whatever happens to Roe, it will be the consequence of six conservative justices choosing to believe authoritarian lies Read more

• August 30, 2021
Will vaccine mandates spark right-wing violence? Maybe, if the authoritarians believe what they say. Most don’t, though Read more


Reminder: Subscribers who can’t wait for the weekend edition can visit the website or follow me on Twitter, where I post material fresh daily and talk politics and trash: @johnastoehr. Any material I did not write is behind a pay wall and is reserved for subscribers only. So please … don’t miss out! Support the Editorial Board and its mission to rebuild civil society and restore the common good! —JS


Here’s the weekend edition …


September 3, 2021

Mia Brett: Abortion is virtually banned in Texas. The upside? Roe still rules for now in the other 49 states

Read more


September 1, 2021

Lindsay Beyerstein: We can pull the plug on the lab leak theory

Read more


September 1, 2021

Rod Graham: Progressives should add sex worker rights to their agenda. It’s a matter of social justice

Read more


August 31, 2021

Lindsay Beyerstein: The civilian wing of the Republican Party has finally lost control of its paramilitary wing

Read more


John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. He writes the daily edition. Find him @johnastoehr.

Leave a Comment





Want to comment on this post?
Click here to upgrade to a premium membership.