Is It Possible To Be Patriotic In The Era Of Trump?
Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?
Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?
A convergence of OTB discussions.
A day after appearing to have conceded the issue, the Trump Administration says it is still looking for a way to include a citizenship question on the ballot.
Pete Butttigieg has spent the past week dealing with a crisis back in South Bend. How he handles it could have a significant impact on his campaign.
Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;
President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016
David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.
Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.
Just a day before he is scheduled to arrive in the city for a State Visit, London’s Mayor is denouncing President Trump.
The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.
Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.
We segregate men and women in sports for good reason. How we do that is complicated.
Taking Joe Biden’s bait, President Trump once again defended his response to the racist rally in Charlottesville two years ago..
More turmoil in the UNC athletic program threatens Carolina’s academic standing.
Sanders’ suggestion is not as outside democratic norms as one might think.
Two-thirds want social media platforms to ban harassment and racist, sexist, and other offensive speech.
Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.
The Southern Law Poverty Center has fired its co-founder for vaguely-specified reasons.
A 2016 Trump Campaign staffer has filed a lawsuit against the President alleging that she was assaulted by Trump during the campaign.
Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.
Actor Jussie Smollett is charged with staging an attack initially called a “hate crime.”
Ku Klux Klan jokes, fake lynchings, and the like were routinely depicted even at places like Cornell.
The end of racism may have been prematurely declared.
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.
A confidential agreement has ended a collusion suit filed against the National Football League in 2017.
In a replay of last week, Virginia’s top Democrats are calling on a state official to resign. This time, though, it’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax.
Virgnia’s governor has to resign. But not because of some 35-year-old photos.
There’s a good reason why Democrats want Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to get out of the way sooner rather than later.
National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.
There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.
A new report raises an old question that’s now irrelevant.
The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?
Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.
Fifty years ago tonight, one of the most iconic photos in history was taken.
The white supremacist charged with killing a counter-protester during last year’s events in Charlottesville has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Now that the election is over, President Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media seem to have completely forgotten about the “invading” “caravan” of Central American asylum seekers.
Michelle Obama can’t forgive Donald Trump for his role in spreading the racist birther conspiracy. I can’t say I blame her.
The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.
Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.
As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.
On Wednesday Trump tweeted out a crass, dishonest ad in hopes of leveraging fear and racism as a political tool.
President Trump is now claiming he will end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants via Executive Order. He clearly lacks the authority to do this.
Thirty-seven years ago, Ronald Reagan spoke out against hatred and bigotry in a way that the current President refuses to do.
One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.
Just days after appearing to condone donning blackface in the style of a 19th Century minstrel show, Megyn Kelly is out at NBC News.
Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?
The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.