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Why isn’t the covid pandemic over? White supremacy
The common good isn’t common. It isn’t good. It’s the enemy.
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Why does a democratic republic founded in opposition to monarchy tolerate billionaires?
They are never self-made.
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What is gerrymandering and why does a democracy allow it to be used to protect white power?
A legal history of congressional district map-making.
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Creating a counter-conservatism
Make more room in the Democratic Party.
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America is growing skeptical of the Gospel of Big Business
Are tax breaks for Amazon tribute or sacrifice?
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Not your dad’s conservatives: Today’s GOP wants candidates to say how they’ll use the state to keep white people on top
See Glenn Youngkin’s vow to ban "CRT."
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New York can now celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s ideals without idolizing the slave holder himself
The City Council is taking down the memorial to him.
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How are we going to explain to Haitian kids what the US did to their parents? That democracy is a nice idea, applicable to some?
America’s insatiable paranoia over border security.
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Let's rethink what it means to be entitled, because it doesn't mean what Joe Manchin says it means
It shouldn’t be negative and we should be proud.
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Is the white backlash working? Virginia's race for governor might have the answer
It's not just a locals only election.
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His life made the world worse
Colin Powell, 1937-2021.
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When democracy is at stake, policies are secondary. The only question is this: Do you want the assholes to be in charge?
The press and pundit corps are not normal people.