Rights and Democracy
Campaigns End On Election Day — Revolutions Don’t
Bernie Sanders' truly revolutionary campaign for president ended in August after the last Democratic primary election. Corporatists, cynics, and most of the media assumed that the grassroots populist revolution he inspired was over as well. They couldn't imagine that...
Tilting at Women
Is Trump Committed to Democratic Rule of Law?
Donald Trump’s rhetoric has been so dangerously outside the bounds of normal American political discourse — which, at least, pays lip service to constitutional governance and democratic rule — that legitimate questions about whether he could be relied on to fully and...
His Bigoted Majesty
A University of Michigan student has officially changed his personal pronoun to "His Majesty." The student, who is politically conservative, did so to call attention to and ridicule the university policy which allows students to select their own designated personal...
Black Youth and Elusive Freedom
This summer brought too many new videos of black men — Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Phillando Castile in a St. Paul suburb, Terrence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma — losing their lives at the hands of police officers. As these videos circulated, I found myself crying...
Scott Walker’s Political Magic
In a mindboggling trick, some magicians levitate themselves. But remember, the key word in "magic trick" — is trick. And magicians aren’t the only ones performing. Scott Walker, for example, is quite the political trickster. This right-wing extremist became so...
All Aboard Trump’s Death Train
The Reduction of Muslim Americans
On August 31, Nazma Khanam, a 60-year-old Muslim woman, was stabbed to death while walking near her home in Queens. The culprit was charged with second degree murder and robbery. But Khanam's family believes the killing was a hate crime, noting that no personal...
The Supreme Court is on the Ballot for 2016
When voters go to the polls this November, they won't just be choosing the next president, they'll also be deciding the direction of the Supreme Court. The fate of our rights and liberties as Americans — everything from voting rights, to immigration, to reproductive...
The Deplorables
