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A weekend protest draws thousands to decry the presidential administration—and perhaps marks an inflection point.
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A weekend protest draws thousands to decry the presidential administration—and perhaps marks an inflection point.

  • David Schmalz
  • Apr 7, 2025

David Schmalz here. Things aren’t great in America right now, to put it lightly, but if you, like me, were out at one of the nationwide Hands …

The Panetta Lecture Series harkens back to a lost era of Washington.
Opinion

The Panetta Lecture Series harkens back to a lost era of Washington.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 13, 2025

David Schmalz here. Next Monday evening, March 17 marks the beginning of the Panetta Institute's 28th annual Leon Panetta Lecture Series, whic…

In ruling that Donald Trump has some immunity from criminal prosecution, the Supreme Court has undermined bedrock principles of American democracy.
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In ruling that Donald Trump has some immunity from criminal prosecution, the Supreme Court has undermined bedrock principles of American democracy.

  • Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter
  • Jul 4, 2024

PETITIONER (DONALD J. TRUMP) argues that as former president of the United States, he is immune to all criminal charges, even after leaving of…

The former president’s money troubles open him up to being bought and influenced.
Forum | Opinion

The former president’s money troubles open him up to being bought and influenced.

  • Jeet Heer
  • Mar 28, 2024

In “Atlantic City” on Bruce Springsteen’s masterpiece Nebraska (1982), a down-on-his-luck tough guy laments, “I got debts that no honest man c…

The Supreme Court is fundamentally antidemocratic, and it must be stopped.
Forum | Opinion

The Supreme Court is fundamentally antidemocratic, and it must be stopped.

  • Elie Mystal
  • Mar 7, 2024

The nine Supreme Court justices are the nepo-babies of American democracy: They’ve earned nothing, yet act like they own the entire world. Eve…

The first step in overcoming the challenges to American democracy is cultivating media literacy.
Forum | Opinion

The first step in overcoming the challenges to American democracy is cultivating media literacy.

  • Susan Meister
  • Feb 8, 2024

When the history of this extraordinary era of divisiveness in American society is finally written, the conclusion is likely to be that it was …

The attack on Paul Pelosi is not an outlier, but a manifestation of an increasingly violent politics.
Forum | Opinion

The attack on Paul Pelosi is not an outlier, but a manifestation of an increasingly violent politics.

  • Chris Lehmann
  • Nov 3, 2022

An attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at the couple’s San Francisco home represents another in a long series of str…

If GOP senators defend Trump, they alienate voters; if they vote to convict, they alienate their base.
Forum | Opinion

If GOP senators defend Trump, they alienate voters; if they vote to convict, they alienate their base.

  • Sasha Abramsky
  • Feb 11, 2021

On Feb. 9, the epilogue to Donald Trump’s presidency began. The post-presidency Senate impeachment trial promises to be both spectacular polit…

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