Open Carry Racism: The Right Wing Fever Dream that Predates Trump
The idiosyncratic pantheon of Trump administration staffers continues its exodus, a stream of comic book…
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From Original Sin to Flattering Mirror: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
By the turn of the millennium, the history of the civil rights movement had become…
Read MoreAnswering the Top 5 Questions About ISIS
After the brutal attacks in Paris on November 13th, more and more people are worried about an…
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ISIS, ISIL or Daesh? Either Way, Obama Gets it Right
Last week, a terrorist group launched a coordinated attack across Paris. In the past few…
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Fear of U.S. Marriage Equality Exported to Africa
While LGBTQI people and allies in America enjoyed a hard-fought victory in last month’s Supreme…
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Why Republicans Don’t Think Obama Is Christian
Alex Theodoridis, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, conducted a survey last fall…
Read MorePope Francis Brokers End to Cuba Embargo, Despite Opposition of Catholic Pols
There will be much debate surrounding today’s announcement of the normalization of relations between Cuba…
Read MoreWhy the Evangelical Dissonance Over Obama Immigration Action?
According to a new PRRI poll, 60% of white evangelicals “support the goals of Obama’s…
Read MoreThe Real Strategy Behind Hobby Lobby We’ll See Going Forward
In the following clip from The Posner Show, Sarah and Columbia Law School’s Kara Loewentheil discuss how…
Read MoreObama’s Compromise With Catholic Bishops Was a Bad Idea
As Obama meets Francis it’s a good time to remember that he gave an inch and the Bishops may just get their mile too.
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