Baron Wormser: If
If, as a poet suggested a long while ago, the center is not holding. If morality no longer has any practicable basis. If public statements are cant and platitude. If … Continue reading
Barbara Crooker: The Vultures
Will we
recognize the bones of our constitution after they’ve been
picked clean, or will we be too baffled to recognize their white
gleaming?
Matt Duss: Democrats have become the party of war. Americans are tired of it
In defending the militarist status quo, Democrats ceded the anti-war lane to Republicans. As they enter the political wilderness, it’s time to reckon with what they got so wrong.
Ellery Akers: After the Election
Beautiful wreckage of my country, I’m still trying to love you.
George Yancy: Cornel West | We Must Keep Our Souls Intact as We Organize Under Trump Again
“Trump is American gangsterism crystallized, honest about itself, unashamed and bold,” says West.
Rebecca Gordon: Staring Down Misogyny
What the election means for women (and the rest of us)
Dr. Liz Theohariss, Shaailly Gupta Barnes: How to Survive Trump—America’s Nero
Lives and livelihoods will be saved, if at all, from below, rather than on high.
Majid Naficy: Ruthless Gods
I detest the world
Which has given its heart
To ruthless gods
Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders respond to the 2024 election
We will continue to fight for each other.
JULIA CONLEY: THE RESISTANCE STARTS NOW
“We’re more prepared than ever to block the disastrous Trump policies we know are coming,” said one climate group. As voters across the United States grappled on Wednesday with the … Continue reading
Derrick Z. Jackson: Uneasy Election Enthusiasm in Philadelphia
More than any other social condition, concentrated poverty erodes the cooperative networks on which democratic participation depends.
Charles Davidson | A Call to Confess: Christians on the Eve of the 2024 U.S. Election
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the 1930s German “Confessing Church” Speak to Us
Kristin Kanthak: How votes are counted in Pennsylvania
Changing numbers are a sign of transparency, not fraud, during an ongoing process.
