According to a local politician, ‘It took a black president to bring out the threat.’
Bill Clinton
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An American Tragedy
Who could have imagined it? Well, we all should have. During the first weekend of November 2006–ten years before it happened—a right-wing Boston talk radio host named John DePetro was fired by WRKO-AM, then the city’s Rush Limbaugh affiliate, for referring to Grace Ross, a third-party progressive contender in the race to replace disgraced Massachusetts […]
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A Place Called Hope
It was the moment that we began to make America great again. No, not one year ago next Wednesday, when Putin’s plaything seized control of the White House. The moment when America became better occurred twenty-five years ago this week, when Bill Clinton liberated the White House from a dozen years of Republican control. I […]
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The Case for Preemptive Impeachment
If this past week has not strengthened Tom Steyer’s case for the expedited removal of Donald Trump from the White House, nothing can. It is inevitable that the Mueller investigation will discover the smoking gun of unprecedented illegality in the Trump administration. It is inevitable that Trump will stoop to any depth to retain his […]
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A New Democratic Message Shouldn’t Sound Like 1990s-Era Clintonism
Fighting against trickle-down economics and for the little guy who plays by the rules is a stale and uninspired argument.
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The Course to Chaos
When, precisely, did the Republican Party “snap”? The exact moment when the GOP went rabid will be debated for decades: you may recall that last year, I argued that the point of no return for the Republican Party was August 1, 1988–the day Rush Limbaugh’s Sacramento, California-based right-wing talk show was nationally syndicated for the […]
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Hurricane Harvey: The Climate 9/11
We will never forget. August 25, 2017–the day Hurricane Harvey hit Texas–will be remembered as a day of infamy and injustice. The horror America experienced that day–and in the days afterward–will be remembered for generations to come. The anger Americans justifiably feel towards those who ignored the advanced warnings of this crisis will never subside. […]
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What Your Country Should Do for You
A new, post-Clinton repudiation of the politics of personal responsibility, though elegant, may still not convince skeptical voters.
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When Dominance Is Your Only Tool
Diplomatic solutions tend to be based on negotiating a win-win and Trump’s world is defined by win or lose.
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We Need to Stop Arguing About Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism is a distraction because the lessons we can use from the past don’t come from the 1980s and 1990s.
