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Back to SearchIs American Capitalism Broken?
Is American capitalism broken? The 2020 presidential campaign, in the midst of an economy-shattering pandemic, reignited the debate over whether our …
5 years ago
Where are the Black Republicans?
Since Richard Nixon won about 30 percent of the Black vote in 1960, at a time when Black people were disenfranchised wholesale in the South, no Repub…
5 years ago
Biden, Khashoggi, and the messy U.S.-Saudi marriage
What's more important to U.S. foreign policy, human rights or oil and regional alliances? What should take precedence, morality or realpolitik? Presi…
5 years ago
COVID-19, One Year Later
One year after the rhythms of daily life were upended by the unchecked spread of an invisible, deadly pathogen, Americans have a degree of optimism t…
5 years ago
Ending the Forever War in Afghanistan
The U.S. faces a May 1 deadline to withdraw its last 2,500 troops from Afghanistan, nearly 20 years after invading to avenge the 9/11 terrorist strik…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Future of the GOP
If the Reagan era is long over, and if the Tea Party has had its day, the makeup of a post-Trump Republican Party, as well as the broader conservativ…
5 years, 1 month ago
Lincoln and the Woke Left
Abraham Lincoln was neither a faultless hero nor an irredeemable white supremacist. Remembered as the Great Emancipator who saved the Union, Lincoln'…
5 years, 1 month ago
America and Iran
President Biden's decision to order airstrikes against targets in Syria, as a warning to Iran against backing militias in Iraq, served Americans an i…
5 years, 1 month ago
Crisis in Journalism
More news and information is available at your fingertips than ever before, but journalism is in serious trouble. The problems run deeper than percei…
5 years, 1 month ago
Understanding Fascism
What is fascism? The word brings to mind Mussolini, Hitler, and the catastrophes of the twentieth century. Nowadays, fascism -- like socialism -- is …
5 years, 1 month ago