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- January 7, 2021With climate action finally on the table, journalists must redouble their commitment to the climate story.
- January 7, 2021
January 6, 2020 This morning, results from the Georgia Senatorial runoff elections showed that Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff had beaten their Republican opponents—both incumbents—by more than the threshold that would require a recount. The Senate is now split … Continue reading
- January 6, 2021
That each and every one of the Pentagon 10 is by his own lights a patriot, not to mention a beneficiary of white male privilege, is undoubtedly the case. That each did his level best is also no doubt the case. Yet all accepted without question an assumption that has long formed foundation of U.S. national security policy: the conviction that the possession and use of matchless military might offers the best way to protect American freedom. In one way or the other, in other words, they were without exception warmongers. Continue reading
- January 6, 2021Once you give up the principle of equality before the law, you have given up the whole game.
- January 5, 2021The optimistic case for economic growth masks who those benefits might be reserved for.
- January 5, 2021
While he pushes back against Trump, Raffensperger is trying to limit voting options for Democratic constituencies. Continue reading
- January 5, 2021Democrats are cautiously optimistic. Republicans, once favored, face party brawls.
- January 5, 2021
At least a dozen United States Senators, led by hard right Republican Ted Cruz of Texas, and over 140 Representatives in Congress, have said they will provisionally object to the count of the presidential electors when it is considered in … Continue reading
- January 5, 2021
In the storm of news it’s hard to figure out what’s going on, but here’s the bottom line: we are right now fighting over whether or not America will be a democracy. Continue reading
- January 4, 2021If we're going to throw terms like "structural racism" around, we should understand what they mean and the work white people have to do. This film lays it out.