Attacks on Public & Democracy

During an angry, vitriolic July 12 speech, former Florida State Rep. Sabatini not only called for defunding federal law enforcement, but also, for abolishing public education in Florida and going to a private-schools-only system. And he wants to "extinguish the left."Countless MAGA Republicans and p...

A analysis of objections from across the nation shows the majority were filed by just 11 people

Tennessee offers a chilling example

Last week, Joe Biden announced executive action to forgive up to $20,000 of debt and end predatory interest for millions of Americans. In response, many Republican leaders, like Tate Reeves, the governor of Mississippi, attacked gender studies majors: Today Biden will announce that welders, plumber...

Two terrible rhetorical tendencies in American politics now feed off each other and drag us all into the abyss.

Make no mistake: Putin’s authoritarian neo-fascism has rooted itself in America. The cold war has already come home

Men who refer to themselves as 'moderate' or 'centrist' score basically the same on values and opinions as people who identify themselves as 'conservative'

Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial ends in acquittal. The moral questions it raised linger.

After four days of deliberations, a jury acquitted 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges related to his killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.  That night, thousands had hit the streets to protest the August 23rd police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by Kenosha city police officers. Rittenhouse traveled from his home state of Illinois to join a right-wing militia at the protest. Rittenhouse was charged with five felonies including first degree intentional homicide. He argued that he acted in self-defense when he fired his semi-automatic rifle, killing Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring Gaige Grusskreutz. The court proceedings were riddled with unusual moves on the part of Judge Bruce Schroeder, who had Rittenhouse draw the names of jurors to be designated as alternates in a game show-style raffle tumbler.

How conservative politicians and pundits became fixated on an academic approach

Jurors are asked to uphold the law as it stands. We don’t ask jurors to make the law. That’s on us.

As many Americans feared that freeing Rittenhouse seemed to legitimize political violence, Republicans competed for the honor of offering him a job.

The most closely-watched murder trial in recent memory exemplifies the standard of cops and racists having a right to kill in the US

Mitch McConnell’s entire being is – and always has been – focused on winning elections. Every move he makes and every thing he says is part of a broader effort to ensure that his side winds up with more seats – and therefore more control – than the other guys.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday ripped Republican lawmakers for promising voters that they will fight to ensure protections for pre-existing conditions, saying “they’re all lying.” Scarborough made the comments on “Morning Joe” after a montage of clips showed several GOP candidates saying that they support health-care protections for people with pre-existing conditions. {mosads}“Oh my God,…

The latest disagreement dividing opponents of Donald Trump

When I called for my fellow progressives to welcome conservative academics on campus, readers were in agreement that I was dead wrong.

Here's Every Argument You'll Need To Know To Win Your Obamacare Debate This Thanksgiving

State policies in eight different policy domains, including gun safety, labor and tobacco, are associated with U.S. working-age mortality, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jennifer Karas Montez of Syracuse University, US, and colleagues. They note that more conservative state policies were generally associated with higher mortality.

If this country’s media institutions are to truly function as means of public enlightenment and civic education in this very dark time, then they had better be very clear about this difference.

the crazy is about to go off the charts

From claiming he doesn't know what race Vice President Kamala Harris identifies as, to nicknaming the 2024 Democratic nominee "Kamabla" — former President Donald Trump has yet to hold back on using racist tropes in an effort to intimidate his opponent. On Tuesday, an X (formerly Twitter) account called Trump War Room — which calls itself "The Offic...