The senator from purple Georgia is leading in polls and fundraising without picking a fight with party progressives. Maybe there’s a lesson there.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s 2020 Election Obsession Enters New Phase
The president’s denial that he lost to Joe Biden now turns to a Tulsi Gabbard-led fishing expedition. What could go wrong?
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
The Least Terrible Way for Ukraine to Negotiate with Russia
Many Ukrainians, used to making the best of bad situations, reacted to Donald Trump’s reelection with caustic humor. Among the most heard jokes play off his promise to end the war with Russia in 24 hours. “Has everyone set their timers?” one man asked on Facebook. But underneath the repartee, Ukrainians are tired—ground down by a war, now all but […]
Posted inBooks
Emancipation Relocation
In 1848, at a time when Black families were routinely ripped apart and Black bodies were bought and sold in public squares as chattel, a Black man and his mixed-race wife pulled off one of the most daring and ingenious feats of self-emancipation imaginable. Defying conventions of race, class, and gender, William and Ellen Craft […]
Posted inPolitics
Herschel Walker and the Moral Bankruptcy of Anti-Abortion Leaders
As the “pro-life” candidate faces charges of paying for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, leading advocates of criminalizing abortion shrug and rally behind the Republican.
Posted inPolitics
“I’ve Lost My Name”
At the January 6 hearings this week, Ruby Freeman recalled counting ballots on Election Night—and how Trump, Giuliani, and their goons tore her life apart.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
A New Weapon in the Voting Wars: Legislative Attacks on Election Officials
The public needs to step in to preserve the right to vote and defend election officials getting hammered by anti-voter laws, interest groups, and the judiciary.
Posted inApril/May/June 2022
Can Democrats Hold Georgia?
The party did everything right to win the state in 2020—and the Republicans did everything wrong.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Georgia Republicans Are Scheming to Subvert the Will of Voters
GOP lawmakers know that the state’s diversifying electorate poses a threat to their candidates. Here’s what they’re doing to hold on to power.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Inside Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s 75th Wedding Anniversary
A recently rehabilitated president celebrates with friends and family.
