Republican Party

Throw Veterans Day away

By John Stoehr / November 11, 2021 /

Vonnegut was right. Armistice Day was better.

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This is what the Republican Party does so well. It exploits white supremacy to divide and conquer a republican union

By John Stoehr / November 3, 2021 /

What are we going to do now? 

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‘Parents’ rights’ are not for moms

By John Stoehr / November 2, 2021 /

Just men — and their women.

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There’s always someone out there willing to make the GOP’s fascism seem respectable

By John Stoehr / November 1, 2021 /

It’s hard to pick one apologist to pick on.

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Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: How moral panics sustain immoral action

By Rod Graham / October 27, 2021 /

They also serve a broader purpose.

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With new anti-CRT laws, the Republicans give the impression they stand against brainwashing. But their goal is brainwashing

By John Stoehr / October 27, 2021 /

“Critical race theory” is 21st-century McCarthyism.

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What is gerrymandering and why does a democracy allow it to be used to protect white power?

By Mia Brett / October 21, 2021 /

A legal history of congressional district map-making.

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Creating a counter-conservatism

By John Stoehr / October 21, 2021 /

Make more room in the Democratic Party.

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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

By John Stoehr / October 20, 2021 /

See Glenn Youngkin’s vow to ban “CRT.”

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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?

By John Stoehr / October 18, 2021 /

The press and pundit corps are not normal people.

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