Not One Senate Republican Is For the People

The right to vote is under assault as the GOP defends a government by white men, for white men

_____ There were three important takeaways from this week’s Senate vote on whether to begin debate on S1, the For the People Act, the bill that would protect voting rights, end partisan gerrymandering, establish new ethics rules for federal officials, and curb big money in politics. The first is that Senator Joe ...
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Not One Senate Republican Is For the People

Teaching Patriotism

Abraham Lincoln’s idea of America

In the midst of a global pandemic and an economic crisis, President Donald Trump recently found time to convene a Committee on Patriotic Education. In principle this was not a bad idea. The great question of course is how will patriotism be taught, and who will be its teachers? Or, as Karl ...
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Teaching Patriotism