3+ week, 5+ day ago   (592+ words) As he was leaving office in 2017, President Barack Obama urged Americans concerned about where their country was headed to act. “If something needs fixing, then lace up your shoes and do some organizing,” he said (Time, 1/11/17). “If you’re disappointed by…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (573+ words) The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Over his decades as Iran’s religious and government leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had consistently rejected nuclear weapons. A devout Muslim might well see it that way. Mohammed’s…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1108+ words) This article was originally published at Barn Raiser. In his address to the nation on July 16, President Trump charged, without evidence, that American elections are not secure and stated that Congress “must pass” the SAVE America Act. Less than a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (128+ words) The Golden Age is promised to Trump and to people like him. We built room for improvement into the contract drawn up in Philadelphia in 1787, an attested goal to craft “a more perfect union.” There was always tomorrow, until Trump…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (212+ words) Ron Kovic served two tours of duty as a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. In combat on Jan. 20, 1968, he suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (995+ words) The six unscrupulous Republicans on the Supreme Court — over the loud objections of the three true constitutionalists on the court — are aggressively dragging America back not just to the 1950s but, as of yesterday, to the 1830s. Arguably the most depraved president…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (133+ words) Americans are bombarded with warnings about a different supposed danger. Yet while this quiet dismantling and self enrichment proceeds, Americans are bombarded with warnings about a different supposed danger. That panic serves the status quo well. The real threat to…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (84+ words) JD Vance was scolding the Israelis, but his icepick eyes may as well have been squinting into a mirror. The signing of the memorandum has given a new, dismal depth to the idea of the “Israel exception.” A victory for…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (543+ words) The last time Americans faced such overwhelming evidence that the monied interests were screwing them over was the Great Crash of 1929 and ensuing Great Depression, resulting in the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, starting in 1933. The one silver lining of the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (437+ words) But the characterization of Thomas as an inattentive echo of Scalia is wrong. Thomas has always been more extreme and dangerous than Scalia, and his influence has never been greater. Thomas is best known for concurrences and dissents that seemed…...