- Trump’s Lack of Intelligence
- The Police Connection
- Countering the Threat
- Conservatives and Kyle Rittenhouse
- Under Their Thumb
- Women’s Suffrage and Black Freedom
- How to Escape a Sex Panic
- Food and Eco-Disaster
- Democracy and Oligarchy
By Betsy Woodruff Swan
August 26, 2020
Politico
Two top former political appointees tried to tackle the problem before giving up on the Trump administration. Frustrated by the president’s failure to act, they are actively supporting his opponent.
By Christopher Mathias
August 28, 2020
Huffpost
New data shows that far-right vigilantes, often with support from cops, have threatened protesters nearly 500 times since police killed George Floyd.
By Archie Henderson
August 27, 2020
openDemocracy
We should not assume that the radical right will collapse under the weight of its many internal conflicts and contradictions.
Conservatives and Kyle Rittenhouse
By Sarah Jones
August 27, 2020
New York Magazine
The right wing is treating Rittenhouse the way it already treats cops. A gun is all the authority a white man needs.
By Rafia Zakaria
August 28, 2020
The Baffler
Trump’s female advocates disdain the outside, non-compliant women, who do not wish to live in thrall of a man who has turned the White House into his personal pleasure dome.
Women’s Suffrage and Black Freedom
By Angela P. Dodson
August 18, 2020
The Undefeated
The history of the women’s suffrage movement is inseparable from the history of race in the United States.
By Kevin Henderson and Joseph J. Fischel
August 25, 2020
Boston Review
Allegations against Mayor Alex Morse sought to use a moral panic for political gain. Such manipulations of public sentiment can set back decades of progressive politics.
By Terry Sunderland
August 28, 2020
The Tyee
Our food choices are pushing industrial farming into forests, at a huge global cost.
By Heather Cox Richardson
July 30, 2020
Moyers On Democracy
After the Civil War, Southern ideals spread quickly to the West. It’s all about America’s ongoing battle between oligarchy and democracy.
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