Category: Politics

Letter From Berlin
by Michael Naumann | Jul 13, 2018 | PoliticsIn April 1945 I was liberated in my hometown of Koethen by US forces. I did not understand this, of course. I was only three years old and had survived a number of allied bombing runs in the basement of our house with my mother and my three siblings. My father had died at Stalingrad […]

Millennial Midterms
by Mark Riddle | Jul 10, 2018 | PoliticsMillennials are not what you think they are. In the common imagination, millennials are—we are told—entitled new urban professionals, highly educated and densely packed into the newly vibrant coastal cities of America. This is a convenient narrative, but, like many convenient narratives, it is wrong. And the cost of exactly how wrong could well be […]

With or Without a Wave, Democrats Can Win the House
by Mark Gersh and the NCEC staff | Jul 3, 2018 | PoliticsThe following analysis of the upcoming fall elections was compiled by Mark Gersh and the staff at the National Committee for an Effective Congress (NCEC). Based in Washington, D.C., the NCEC has been a leading source of financial support and data-driven targeting to liberal and progressive candidates for decades. Backed by an extensive archive of […]

Marlboro Man Diagnosed With Chronic Insecurity
by Simon Reich | Jul 2, 2018 | Foreign Policy, Immigration, PoliticsAmerica has become obsessed with feeling insecure. It has become an endemic part of the culture, though it wasn’t always this way. I am old enough to remember as a child, at the movies, we would watch the ads before the film started. One of them would always be for Marlboro cigarettes. It was always […]
The Person Designated
by James S. Gordon | Jul 1, 2018 | PoliticsI sat for a long time after my friend Marcus Raskin’s recent memorial service at the Historic Synagogue in downtown Washington, taking in the people passing by, standing for hugs, remembering the words of those who loved and revered Marc. For hours, tributes had flowed with tears for this visionary co-founder of the Institute for […]
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Artists Rally for Equality and Inclusion in Tennessee
March 20 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Presented by Live Nation
Featuring Allison Russell, Amanda Shires, Brittany Howard, Brothers Osborne, Hayley Williams, Hozier, Jake Wesley Rogers, Jason Isbell, Joy Oladokun, Julien Baker, Maren Morris, Mya Byrne, Sheryl Crow, The Rainbow Coalition Band, Yola and more TBA
A Benefit Concert for Tennessee Equality Project, Inclusion Tennessee, OUTMemphis and The Tennessee Pride Chamber in Partnership With Looking Out Foundation
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Listen to “Paranoia on Parade”, a 3-part audio podcast with commentary from author Dave Troy, Jack Bryan, director of the 2018 film “Active Measures," and Hamilton Fish, Editor of The Washington Spectator.
Editor’s Picks
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What It Means When DeSantis Plays God
By Dick Batchelor
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Republicans Mishandle First Oversight Hearing
By Louis Clark
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By Lisa Graves
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Trump’s Criminal Intent — Day Nine
By Jonathan Alter
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The Right Normalizes Anti-Semitism
By Charlie Sykes