This Is No Distraction
By ABE ASHER It has been another of those weeks in Donald Trump’s presidency that should put a knot in the stomach of every American from now until the Earth […]
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Democrats Must Imagine a New Immigration Framework
By SADIE KELLER When the first Democratic debates turned to immigration, most candidates sang a familiar tune: They criticized the president and spoke in platitudes about American values. Given the Trump […]
Abolish National Borders
By ABE ASHER Borders are having a moment. Donald Trump and Brexit have made sure of that. But the current, alarming trends around borders began well before voters went to […]
A Weekend With The Civility Warriors
By LIAM McMAHON I spent the 4th of July weekend in the little Appalachian town of Lexington, Virginia. It’s picturesque, situated just off I-64, the gorgeous stretch of interstate that […]
The Day Anthony Kennedy Let Us Down
By NATHAN CARPENTER Opponents of the Trump administration’s crusade to curb civil rights across the United States were dealt a crushing blow today, as Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement […]
Separating Families At The Border? It’s Just Part of Their Plan.
By ABE ASHER Children at the southern border of the United States are being held, separated from their parents and siblings, sometimes in warehouses, 20 to a cage, sometimes for […]
The Republican Party Has Given Up
By ABE ASHER On Tuesday afternoon, Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona took to the Senate floor to deliver to what he must have felt was the important speech of […]
The Rising Tide Of White Identity Politics
By ABE ASHER On December 20, 2011, a St. Louis policeman named Jason Stockley and his partner took off in pursuit of a 24-year-old black man named Anthony Lamar Smith, […]
Donald Trump Believes What He Says
By ABE ASHER When Donald Trump began running for president two summers ago, very few political observers could pin him down. For much of his life as a sideshow, Trump […]
Americans Elected Trump – The World is Paying the Price
By NATHAN CARPENTER Over the course of today, hysteria has built, particularly on social media, over the possibility that tensions between the United States and North Korea will escalate to […]
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