Amid the recent flurry of radical executive orders, one in particular has flown under the radar: President Trump has seized ...

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The interim National Security Strategic Guidance (NSSG) issued by the Biden Administration in early March 2021 articulated a central role for democracy and democratic values in guiding and shaping ...

As America moves from Independence Day to Election Day, we are on the verge of a new Cold War with Communist China. That conflict is taking place in the shadow of a raging global pandemic and a steep ...

Local volunteers work their hearts out for democracy, only to be undercut by well-paid consultants flatly ignorant of how things work on the ground. Yes, I am talking about the Iowa caucuses. But I am ...

The longstanding question of whether police are racially biased was put front and center by the events in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014—and, more recently, by those in Baton Rouge and Falcon ...

While today’s America is fiercely divided over ideological differences, a notable exception is how both the Left and the Right buy into similar myths about U.S. social policy. This is particularly ...

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On their face, ongoing congressional efforts at reforming the tax code have one goal in mind—blow a $1.4 trillion hole in the deficit to finance giveaways to millionaires, billionaires, and ...

As in all recent years, with Columbus Day upon us, the “Columbus Discussion” is now in full swing. And, each year, I like to remind people that some of the first to protest the celebration of this ...

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In 2011, when I was interviewing to be an intern at this journal, I was asked what authors and publications I read. I listed a couple of newspapers and progressive magazines, but, wanting to seem open ...