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The Latest Front in Stephen Miller’s Personal War

Jamelle Bouie The New York Times
How Stephen Miller’s personal and political war on the 14th Amendment conflicts with the larger Reconstruction story and the vision of an egalitarian society for all who claim this nation.

Saying No to the Empire Is Not Enough

Max Elbaum Convergence
We won’t stop US wars, effectively tackle climate change, stave off US-style fascism, or halt the march to a nakedly might-makes-right world order without a vision for a transformed role for the US in today’s interconnected world.

The Ongoing Battle Over Transportation Security Administration Funding

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
The far right insists that only it knows how to govern because its ideology is the only legitimate way to look at the world. The TSA funding fight illustrates how lawmakers who ignore the real world to cleave to ideology strengthen authoritarianism.

What I Saw in Cuba Was Resilience

Gerardo Delgado ZNetwork
Cubans have a right to self-governance. They have a right to medicine, to electricity, to water, to dignity. My father chose to leave Cuba in the face of poverty brought on by a cruel sanctions regime. I chose to return for the same reason.

Thoughts on Joshua Leifer’s “Tablets Shattered”

Leonardo Uderman Der Spekter
In his new book, Joshua Leifer argues that the "demographic reality" of Israel has made neo-Bundist diasporism obsolete Doing so leads to an inability to adequately address the reality of Israel's crimes.