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Every 30 or 40 Years We See Flagrant Attacks on Free Speech. Here We Go Again.

by Lawrence Davidson

This time it’s attacks on the critics of Israel.

The Making of an AIDS Scapegoat -- And Why We Keep Doing It

by Rod Tanchanco

He was called Patient Zero. It was a publisher’s ploy.

Black Rage And White Denial Divide Us? Let’s Talk! A Ferguson Follow-up.

by Mike McQuillan

We are far from the progress on race relations we claim to have made since Emancipation, Jim Crow segregation, and the Civil Rights struggles of the fifties and sixties, or even the election of the first black president.

Dear Mitch McConnell: It’s Time to End the Filibuster

by Jeremy C. Young

With daunting challenges looming at home and abroad, it’s vital that whoever wins the next election is able to govern effectively.

The Black Basketball Trailblazer Who Insisted on an Education

by Andrew Maraniss

“He wasn’t going to trade one plantation for another.”

Why Is It Congress Seems Concerned with Families Only When Sex Trafficking Is at Issue?

by Jessica R. Pliley

It's an old tradition in America, going back to the Mann Act (1910).

Restoring the Capitol Dome? How About Restoring Representative Democracy?

by Ray Smock

What has happened to Congress when threats of impeachment and government shutdown follow every major disagreement with the President?

Banking on Crime

by William R. Polk

Why do so few citizens seem to care that banks are getting away with fraud?

If Obama Faces Impeachment over Immigration, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy Should Have as Well

by John Dickson

All four skirted Congress, at times overtly flouting their administrative prerogative, to implement a guest worker program.

The Campaign to Keep Millions of Immigrants in the Shadows Doesn't Even Stand Up to 16th Century Standards of Natural Rights

by Elliott Young

President Obama’s proposal to focus immigration enforcement on violent criminals and allow millions of immigrants to gain legal status is not a radical or new idea.

What Makes a Democrat a Democrat and a Republican a Republican? It's More Complicated than You Think.

by Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban

Even with the recent uptick in people with fulsomely liberal or fulsomely conservative views, it remains the case that a large majority of the public has liberal views on some issues and conservative views on others.

This Is American Democracy Today. It Isn’t Pretty.

by Lawrence Davidson

It still has its virtues relative to more authoritarian forms of rule. However, these too may be shrinking.

The Genius of American Evangelicalism

by Matthew Avery Sutton

Convinced that time’s running out, evangelicals intend to shake the world. They seek instant redemption, immediate transformation.

Congress May Approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, but History Shows How the Debate Has Shifted Against Energy Producers

by Matthew K. Kahn

That sound you hear is the dying gasp of a partisan position that is growing more and more untenable from both a political and scientific perspective.

Is this the Solution to Partisan Gridlock in Washington?

by Gregg Herken

A long-abandoned Washington tradition hints at a simple remedy; one reducible to a single word, in fact: gin. Or vodka, if you prefer.

Here's What Is So Hopeful About September's People's Climate March

by Christopher Sellers

This is not your father's environmental movement.

Edward Snowden is the 21st Century's Frank Church

by Kristie Macrakis

After decades of growth, it's time to shrink the national security state.

Ebola: Facts, Opinion, and Lies

Smart commentary and credible news about Ebola.

The Historical Roots of the Ebola Scare in the United States

by Sheldon M. Stern

Anyone familiar with America’s racial past will detect some disturbing parallels in these irrational if not hysterical fears.

What Would Lincoln Do? Why this Is the Wrong Question.

by Todd Brewster

Our troubles are our troubles and they are ours to solve.