Socialists and left populists have argued that a Democratic big tent should include figures like Hasan Piker. But the Democrats’ best coalition builder of the last 60 years, Barack Obama, had a different strategy.
Jeremiah Wright
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Convention Night 2: Barack Obama Is Still Showing Us How We Can Depolarize America
Tuesday’s closing night speech built on themes dear to Obama since he won over the country at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
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The Unfair Attack on Raphael Warnock
Conservatives flipped out when anyone asked about Amy Coney Barrett’s faith affecting her rulings. But now, hypocritically, they’re hassling the U.S. Senate candidate and minister for his words from the pulpit.
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#ThemToo: Women Who Voted for Trump Betrayed Their Gender
Is there really a moral difference? Earlier this week, we were moved by the #metoo movement of women highlighting their experiences with sexual harassment, assault and abuse. #Metoo cast new and well-deserved moral shame upon those who enabled Harvey Weinstein’s misogynist malevolence for decades—and those who continue to stand side-by-side with sexism. Of course, those […]
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Is the DNC Chair Race Becoming A Disgrace?
Just as it’s dishonest for apparent supporters of Democratic National Committee chairmanship candidate Keith Ellison to smear fellow candidate Tom Perez as a toady of the “establishment,” it’s equally dishonest for apparent supporters of Perez to demonize Ellison as some crypto-anti-Semite. The pro-Perez folks keep dredging up Ellison’s history with Nation of Islam leader Louis […]
