One day before the impeachment of Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives, it became apparent that this decidedly strange time in America’s
750 historians say Trump should be impeached
With the release of a public letter explaining their reasons for supporting the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, more than 750 American historians are
A powerful art exhibit, a death in Texas
Entering the contemporary art space located just a few minutes’ walk from my home in the Hudson Valley last fall, I had no idea
Reporting from Colombia as nationwide protests continue
On November 21, 2019, Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to take to the streets. Following protests in Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador,
The 2020 Democrats as Their 2016 GOP Counterparts
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I’ve been trying to figure out why our current political moment feels so familiar and the answer has been there the whole time. We never stopped fighting the 2016 campaign, the names of the characters have changed but the dynamics haven’t, nor have the issues.
The true story of Thanksgiving: Not what we learned in school
American children are taught in grade school that the Pilgrims came to North America seeking religious freedom. In actuality, they had disembarked for America
Why the Democratic presidential nominee must choose a Republican running mate
The American republic is in crisis. Presidents abuse their power with impunity. Congress wallows in its dysfunction. The mechanism established by our Constitution to
Secretary of Navy resigns after Trump undermines military justice
Whether he was pushed out or resigned, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer did not leave quietly. When Trump meddled in the disposition
Politically Divergent Friendships, When They’re Fine vs. When They’re Not
Ellen DeGeneres was pictured palling around with former President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game and a lot of people were outraged. Ellen was unmoved and in fact she was indignant about their outrage.
Trump is Grover Norquist’s fantasy president: an idiot with a pen
In 2012, Republican strategist Grover Norquist described his ideal president. In 2017, he got his wish: a president with enough “working digits to be