- February 5, 2021Race has been at the core of the American past and its present.
- January 28, 2021The post-Civil War years teach us the perils of heeding calls for reconciliation while ignoring those for justice.
- January 25, 2021
Screenwriter Walter Berrnstein was a brave opponent of right-wing repression during a dark period of our history.
- January 22, 2021These words from legendary CBS producer Fred Friendly are on the mind of a former student.
- 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.
- December 29, 2020It is never too late to change the future.
- November 30, 2020
Since Reagan, when Republicans say they are going to turn their attention back to the deficits and the debt, what they are saying is that they intend to continue to cut taxes.
- November 25, 2020
Of course, Trump might try to pardon himself. Then, he won’t need Biden, but legal scholars are uniformly of the view that self-pardon won’t stick.
- November 20, 2020
Trump's team is making no pretense that Trump is the choice of a majority of voters-- Biden is ahead by almost 6 million votes. Rather, they are trying to game the Electoral College.