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  • Democracy & Government
    The Impeachment Trial Reveals the Weakness of the Constitution
    February 24, 2021
    | Lindsay M. Chervinsky
    How can we hold a president accountable?
  • Democracy & Government
    Let’s End the Damaging Cult of the Constitution
    February 24, 2021
    | Mike Lofgren
    We need a fundamental debate about our flawed and archaic founding document.
  • History
    Commentary: Been There, Done That (Not!)
    February 1, 2021
    | Tom Engelhardt

    This post first appeared on TomDispatch Joe Biden’s got a problem — and so do I. And so, in fact, do we. At 76 years old, you’d think I’d experienced it all when it comes to this country and its presidencies. Or most of it, anyway. I’ve been around since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Born on July 20, 1944, I’m a little “young” to remember him, though I was a war baby in an era when ...

  • History
    Frederick Douglass and Ulysses S. Grant on Reconciliation and Its Pitfalls
    January 28, 2021
    | Stephen West
    The post-Civil War years teach us the perils of heeding calls for reconciliation while ignoring those for justice.
  • Letters From an American
    History Without History
    January 19, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    The Trump Administration's 1776 Report.
  • Inequality
    The Earth Does Not Belong to Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk
    January 18, 2021
    Martin Luther King, Jr.'s True Legacy
  • Letters From an American
    The GOP's Dangerous Stunt
    January 3, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    No, you can't just take the ball and go home.
  • Democracy & Government
    Worst Pardon Ever? You’ll Be Surprised
    December 23, 2020
    | Michael Genovese

    It is customary for an outgoing President to grant 11th hour pardons, sometimes to surprising recipients. Of course, not all presidential pardons are created equal. To be sure, justice and mercy are worthy and occasional goals. But the end-of-term pardons often reveal other, less savory objectives.

  • Letters From an American
    A Long Time Coming: Cabinet Nominee Deb Haaland: Pueblo of Laguna
    December 20, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    “I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land.”
  • Democracy & Government
    Decades of Inequality Shadow Voter Turnout in Rural Georgia
    December 15, 2020
    | Steven Rosenfeld
    A small-town voter drive reveals why only trusted family, friends and local leaders can boost turnout in the Senate runoffs.


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