lol this was one of the most racist things in the 2008 campaign what are you talking about

At The Atlantic, Peter Beinart cynically reinterprets six decades of American politics. Peter Beinart’s latest article at The Atlantic is entitled “Republican is not a synonym for ‘racist.’” It’s a bold statement in the age of Donald Trump — and if it sits poorly in your mind, that’s because the…

The Masque of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley Boston. August 19, 2017. Stand ye calm and resolute, Like a forest close and mute, With folded arms and looks which are Weapons of unvanquished war.

In US politics, some bigotries are less offensive than others. When President Donald Trump repeated an extremist right wing talking point with its roots in racial hatred and xenophobia on Thursday, it wasn’t anything new. The president had used the slur before. And the events of the last week have…

What’s going to happen in Northern Ireland? Prime Minister Theresa May is negotiating a coalition minority government with the only party that will join her after the implosion of the Conservative majority in the U.K. after June 8’s snap elections — Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, or DUP. The DUP…

It’s a quiet week in Washington, all things considered. That’s bad news for the Democratic Party. President Donald Trump is on a week long trip around the Middle East and Europe. Nine days without Trump presents the Democrats with a problem. …

And that means leaving Bernie behind. Over 160 years ago, an idealistic politician from western New England became a standard bearer for a new political party. If that sounds familiar, it should. Progressives have proposed taking the momentum of the protest movement opposed to the Trump presidency and push it…

It was in comparison with President Obama. Some of you may recall my piece for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting earlier this month in which I discussed the media rehabilitation of George W. Bush. …

An American man fighting with the YPG in Syria is seeing his story hit the big screen— but he wasn’t asked for his approval before the film’s production was announced. “Rasid Fuad,” or @PissPigGranddad, has been fighting with the Kurdish communist forces since last fall. …