The civic function of politics is collapsing, and violence has become the US’s habitual response to social problems.
Beyond the Sound Bites: Election 2016
Blood and stink wash off, but endurance and perseverance are always their own reward.
Marijuana is on nine state ballots this election. Is this a turning point for the US’s failed 80-year-long prohibition?
The Democratic Party, despite its anti-racist claims, has consistently failed to support women of color candidates.
Homeless people in Berkeley have organized into an intentional community to give themselves a political voice.
It’s time we abandoned the Electoral College for a free, unmediated democracy like a majority of the world’s nations.
In a post-Sanders era filled with possibilities and pitfalls, a down-ticket strategy appears to be gaining momentum.
Clinton’s “intelligence surge” appears to be a euphemism for increased surveillance of Muslim Americans.
The Trump effect may enable Democrats to take back control in some GOP-led states on November 8.
The next president will change the Supreme Court’s ideological makeup for four decades.