No decision facing Democrats over the next two years will shape the long-term political competition between the parties more than whether they end the Senate filibuster to pass their agenda to reform elections and expand access to the vote. The party’s immediate political fate in the 2022 and 2024 elections […] Read more »
The Anti-Semitism of Christian Nationalists Thanks to QAnon
Just over two weeks ago, ardent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in a bid to stop the counting of the Electoral College votes and overturn the presidential election. A number of observers have combed through and identified the wide array of political symbols on display among Insurrectionists, including a large […] Read more »
Capitol mob wasn’t just angry white men – there were angry white women as well
There were women among the crowd that marched to the Capitol and stormed the building. Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images Jakana Thomas, Michigan State University The terror inflicted on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 laid bare America’s problem with violent extremism. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have […] Read more »
Trump leaves America at its most divided since the Civil War
Donald Trump ends his tumultuous presidency with the nation confronting the greatest strain to its fundamental cohesion since the Civil War. The January 6 assault on the US Capitol capped four years in which Trump relentlessly stoked the nation’s divisions and simultaneously provided oxygen for the growth of White nationalist […] Read more »
If the Capitol mob had been Black? Most Americans say the police would have been harsher
By a wide margin, Americans say the police response to the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol would have been harsher if the rioters had been mostly Black rather than mostly white, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. A 55% majority says law enforcement would have employed harsher tactics […] Read more »
Masculinity’s Big Role In Trump’s Presidency
President Trump encouraged his supporters to “fight” before the assault on the Capitol, echoing the kind of macho message that has defined his political career. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News Read more »