Lawrence Davidson reflects on Trump’s High-Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and a reactionary tide in the U.S., since the Reagan era, that is hitting a new high-water mark.
ELECTION 2020: Regression as a National Theme
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ELECTION 2020: Trump’s Law & Order Campaign Taps US Tradition of Racist & Anti-Immigrant Politics
Throughout this nation’s history, appeals to law and order have been as much about defending privilege as dealing with crime, writes Austin Sarat.
ELECTION 2020: Parties Play Favorites to Allot States’ Delegates
With the Democratic Convention kicking off Monday and the GOP to follow, John A. Tures finds some staggering disparities between state populations and their delegate portions.
America’s Two Right-Wing Parties Absurdly Keep Accusing Each Other Of Being Far-Left
It’s insane that both U.S. mainstream political parties are attacking one another as being far-left extremists because by global standards they are both very much right-wing parties, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Five Things Revealed by Democrats’ Rehabilitation of George W Bush
Five Reasons Why the GOP Rushed to Confirm Kavanaugh
After Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, Trump and the GOP leadership mounted a full-court press to ram through his confirmation before October 1, the first day of the Court’s new term, for five good reasons, says…
Polls Show Being Anti-Trump Isn’t Enough to Beat GOP
Instead of addressing demands for social progress, such as single-payer insurance, Democratic leaders find it much easier and more comfortable to denounce Trump. But it’s not working, as Norman Solomon explains.
Roy Moore and the Triumph of Partisanship
Partisanship has reached such extremes in U.S. politics that Republicans are prepared to brush aside multiple allegations that Roy Moore preyed on teen-age girls to keep a Democrat from winning in Alabama, writes Michael Winship.
Recycled GOP Promises of ‘Trickle Down’
Since the 1980s, Republicans have insisted that tax cuts for the rich will benefit working people, but the rich just sock away their money and national needs are neglected. Yet, the same cycle is back again, says JP Sottile.
The Alt-Right’s Alternative Reality
President Trump’s “Alt-Right” is a grab bag of mostly incoherent or contradictory ideas derived from white resentments. Now, it will be played off against the Republican establishment with unpredictable results, as JP Sottile explains.