Texas A&M Dean and Department Head Removed over Faculty Member Teaching about Gender
A student, her cell phone, and yet more authoritarianism in contemporary America.
Electoral College Math Likely to Get Harder for Democrats
The gradual population shift from blue states to red continues.
The Redistricting Wars and Their Likely Consequences
None of this is good for the quality of our democracy (not that it was great to begin with).
Trump Doesn’t Want Museums Talking About How Bad Slavery Was
And other tales of subverting knowledge and expertise on the altar of a preferred mythic narrative.
In Front of Our Noses: Fascism
“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.
The Trump Administration’s Not-So-Quiet Advance of Christian Nationalism
We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces.
The Nationalist Movement and the Transformation of the Republican Party
Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.
Reactionary Christian Nationalism on Display
A window into White Christian Nationalism (as endorsed by Pete Hegseth!).
The Enablers of Authoritarianism
In this case, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council.
“Because we can”
A member of the Texas legislature reminds us that we are in an era of pure power politics.
The Core Problem is Single-Seat Districts
Most of the world knows that PR is a better way to elect legislatures.
Newsom Flirts with a CA Gerrymandering Plan
Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?
Thoughts on the Politics of the Texas Floods
Both the policy issues but also the way it illustrates the politics of us versus them.
