Defeating the Voters
On the state level, legislative power brokers are often at war against the plainly expressed will of the voters themselves.
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Fresh Hell
May 10, 2019
Life Is Like A Box Of Curated VHS Tapes, You Never Know What You're Gonna Get
Don’t Let People Enjoy Things
The simultaneous release of the final season of Game of Thrones and Avengers: Endgame has wrought upon this earth the swarm of a particular breed of internet person, one who responds to critics of any corporate franchise or brand with this insipid image:
Let me be clear: this ...
Empire in Denial
May 07, 2019
From oil to sugar to bird crap—the long reach of American colonial power.
wE’rE a rEPuBLiC nOt A dEMoCRacY
May 06, 2019
To declare that America is “not a democracy” is as useful as pointing out that it is not a monarchy, or that the Pope wears a funny hat.
Fresh Hell
May 03, 2019
My Big Fat AI Wedding
The “Free Speech” Cheat
May 03, 2019
College Student Senate chambers are not historically hotbeds of nationwide controversy, but Turning Point USA is set to rewrite the rules of campus politics. The ultra-conservative student group, which could easily be labeled “the youth wing” of Trump Republicanism, has ...
An American Lab Test Abroad
May 02, 2019
Ireland's cervical cancer scandal, and its underlying logic of profit-driven, health care, has ramifications far beyond the country's shores.
Taking Back Power
May 01, 2019
On May Day, looking back at a year in newly energized labor
Twentieth-Century Man
The political commentator William Schneider has often quoted, over the years, a comment he attributes to the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. When an aspirational youth wrote to Disraeli for advice about how to succeed in public life, the Great Man purportedly responded ...
The FBI: A Love Story
April 29, 2019
Andrew McCabe's testimonial to the FBI suggests the bureau is here to save us.
Fresh Hell
April 26, 2019
Homelessness: It’s a Choice!