“If you’ve wondered what you would’ve done during slavery, the Holocaust, or Civil Rights movement…you’re doing it now.” — Aditi Juneja
Of all the books to be reading when my phone buzzed for a news alert about a police killing in Minnesota, I was reading A Narrative of the Life…
Weeks ago, I wrote a piece on Medium entitled “Will The Coronavirus Kill Trumpism?” In it, I argued that his massive failure to manage the coronavirus was a direct result of his brand of chaos politics, and that might incentivize Republican incumbents to distance themselves from the President.
…I was…
When he first descended the gold escalator and ranted about Mexicans being rapists in front of a crowd of paid actors, everyone thought it was a joke — probably a publicity stunt to promote a new season of the Celebrity Apprentice. One by one, Republican voters began to drink the…
Populists have been drawing big crowds since Julius Caesar rose to power. In short, populism is the idea that societies are separated into two groups — “the pure people” and “the corrupt elite.” A populist is a political leader who appeals to the pure people against the corrupt elite. It…
Eventually, we’ll be back to our busy lives and the election will dominate the news cycle again. The COVID-19 pandemic has become the center of the universe, but the election in November continues to inch closer, one day at a time. While our lives primarily take place from the comfort…
Political ideologies are generally judged by the loudest voices who articulate them. Unfortunately for Bernie Sanders’ movement, the loudest voices who remain invested in Bernie 2020 are being obnoxious — again. For some reason, in the name of party unity, traditional Democrats are expected to turn the other cheek and…
“I always tell my staff, “Better is good.” I’ll take better every time, because better is hard. Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain.” — Barack Obama
For decades, cynics have waged a war against government. In doing so, they have…
After Iowa, we were told Joe was in trouble. After New Hampshire, they said he would drop out. Now, after he’s unified the Democratic Party and secured the nomination, and the same people think he can’t beat Donald Trump. Joe Biden’s political career — and life, frankly — has been…
Trump insists, “nobody saw this coming.” On January 20th, two countries confirmed their first cases of COVID-19: South Korea and the United States. Within days of the first confirmed case, President Moon Jae-in began mass testing and social distancing orders. President Donald Trump spent those days golfing at Mar-a-Lago, attacking…
Republican conventional wisdom claims that high voter turnout is bad for them and good for Democrats. While it’s no scientific certainty, there is some truth to the claim. As attitudes change and the country shifts towards the left, the Republican Party has encountered a constituency deficit. The majority of Americans…
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