Recent articles
May 19, 2026
Democracy Is a Racial Entitlement Now
The all-out assault on Black voting
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May 12, 2026
The Assassin’s Delusion
Violence serves an authoritarian agenda.
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April 29, 2026
The Perversion of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court rules that white people can disenfranchise Black voters for political advantage.
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April 22, 2026
Redistricting and Revenge
Republicans are very upset about gerrymandering.
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April 21, 2026
Define <em>Jewish State</em>
The phrase is even more complicated than it appears.
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April 17, 2026
The Scapegoat Scam
Hungarians stopped falling for an authoritarian’s trick.
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April 8, 2026
Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military
“Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but.
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April 2, 2026
John C. Calhoun Lives
The legal question in the birthright citizenship case is jarringly easy to answer. The more difficult question is what kind of country Americans want.
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March 18, 2026
How ‘America First’ Became ‘America Alone’
The dangerous fantasy of total independence
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March 9, 2026
The Cynical, Gullible American Man
This is why we live in a world of conspiracism and falsehood.
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March 4, 2026
The American King Goes to War
This is not what the Founders intended.
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February 26, 2026
How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
Our national project of elite impunity
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