Donald Trump

The good news is we’re on the cusp of a new way of ordering the American polity. The bad news? We could fall short

By John Stoehr / December 8, 2021 /

Thomas Zimmer: Multiracial democracy will be expanded or aborted.

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The midterms will be decided by swing voters ready to reward the GOP for trying to kill them

By John Stoehr / December 7, 2021 /

Why democracy is its own worst enemy.

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History doesn’t care if the GOP is on the wrong side

By John Stoehr / December 6, 2021 /

Progress is a consequence of politics. 

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Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: What we talk about when we talk about white supremacy

By Rod Graham / December 1, 2021 /

It’s not what it used to be.

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Are Republicans heirs of Lenin?

By John Stoehr / November 29, 2021 /

Not quite, but the comparison is instructive.

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Our crisis is one of humility

By John Stoehr / November 24, 2021 /

Pride, shame, hate, violence, fascism — all from the same source. 

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The Republicans are taking their terror campaign to the next level

By Lindsay Beyerstein / November 23, 2021 /

The Wisconsin GOP is mad about election officials following the law.

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The inside game and the outside game: procedure plus a mob

By Lindsay Beyerstein / November 17, 2021 /

John Eastman co-wrote the blueprint for how Donald Trump could use the military, the police and criminal gangs to hold onto power.

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Whiteness is working hard to vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse

By Richard Sudan / November 10, 2021 /

Please don’t pity him.

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John Eastman’s manual for state violence

By Lindsay Beyerstein / November 10, 2021 /

War games often reveal more about the players than they do about the future, and this exercise is no exception.

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