Human rights and democracy are high on the Biden administration's foreign policy agenda.
- March 2, 2021
The purpose of this big lie is not only to reinforce Trump’s hold on the Republican Party, but also to delegitimize the Democratic victory. If Democrats cheat, it makes sense to prevent “voter fraud” by making it harder to vote.
- November 5, 2020
Remember: the fact that polling officials are taking time to count the ballots is a good thing, not a bad one. And there is no reason to think election officials are being anything but careful.
- August 31, 2020
Trump is clearly trying to change the national narrative from his disastrous response to the coronavirus and the economic crash to the idea that he alone can protect white Americans from their dangerous Black neighbors.
- December 15, 2017Rule #1: Always think critically and fight ignorance with facts.
- November 29, 2017Thanks to Trump the tinhorn dictator and those who elected him, this country is no longer a beacon of freedom, but a laughingstock.
- October 10, 2017What kind of democracy is possible when the institutions that are crucial to a vibrant civil society are vanishing?
- September 21, 2017The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.
- September 8, 2017From Charlottesville to DACA, he’s following a pattern that we ignore at our peril.
- July 31, 2017While former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev supported democratization in his wake, Trump's sowing the seeds of autocracy all over the globe.