The selection process of party nominees for president of the United States reveals many of the undemocratic components of the American political system. As
Category: 2012 Election
It’s 2016: What happened to all those dire, Obama-geddon predictions?
Now that it’s 2016, it’s time to fact-check some of the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it predictions that President Obama’s critics made before his 2012 re-election. In an
My Congressman’s newsletter: refreshing, intelligent communication
Those of us who are politically engaged often get dozens of on-line political solicitations every day. There’s a basic formula to them: This is
The New Denial: How much of partisan gridlock is driven by race?
Recently, historian Taylor Branch said, “Everybody says partisan gridlock is poisoning America, but nobody asks how much of it, underneath, is driven by race
Election Passport reveals a world of election results
During the 2012 presidential campaign in the U.S., it was easy to hyper-focus on our own election issues and to ignore elections in the
The curious “thinking” of Republicans continues
You might think, if you are a leader of a political party, that you would seek as much air time on television and radio
Voting rights watch: Florida restarts its [previously squelched] voter purge
The fallout continues. States that previously wouldn’t have dared to impose voting restrictions that disenfranchised minorities–and, of course, Democrats–are back in business. Florida is
Supreme Court shreds Voting Rights Act: Political cartoonists respond
The Supreme Court has opened the floodgates: Less than a year since state legislatures, governors and secretaries of state in both the north and
This is what happens when the Supreme Court loses sight of common sense
Perhaps if it hadn’t been for the Bush v Gore Supreme Court case, we would give the Supremes the benefit of the doubt when
Van Jones: “If Obama believes Keystone is a good thing, he should call it the Obama Tar Sands Pipeline.”
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the