The Importance of Remembering King’s Vision of Economic Justice and Equality as a Contrast to…As I sit watching Donald Trump’s inauguration, with the billionaires’ boys club of Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok…Jan 20Jan 20
How Celebrating Luigi Mangione Fuels Trumpism and Impedes Real Social ChangeNow that the dust has begun to settle after the initial excitement and flurry of social media fervor celebrating Luigi Mangione’s murder of…Dec 14, 2024Dec 14, 2024
Revisiting American History X to pose a potentially transformative question: Does White Supremacy…More than revealing a problem with the Democratic Party, the election of Donald Trump to the presidency last November affirmed the fact…Dec 8, 20241Dec 8, 20241
The Ethical Context for President Biden’s Pardon of His SonAnyone paying attention the past week has noticed the bi-partisan barrage of criticism to which President Joe Biden has been subjected for…Dec 7, 20241Dec 7, 20241
How to Abet the Right: Bernie Sanders and the Damaging Political Laziness of Blaming DemocratsBack in 2016, Bernie Sanders’ campaign in the Democratic presidential primary breathed life into American electoral politics, adding…Nov 28, 20244Nov 28, 20244
Revisiting Richard Wright’s NATIVE SON to Understand Why Americans Choose FascismIs there really a compelling rationale for Americans choosing fascism this election season?Nov 16, 2024Nov 16, 2024
Why Asking What the Democrats Did Wrong Is the Wrong QuestionIn the wake of last week’s election, a good deal of Wednesday-morning quarterbacking has critiqued the Harris campaign and Democratic Party…Nov 10, 20241Nov 10, 20241
On the “Conscience Vote” and the Role of Electoral Politics for the Revolutionary-MindedIt’s long been a truism among many on the left that electoral politics is essentially a bankrupt avenue for seeking meaningful social…Nov 3, 20242Nov 3, 20242
“All I Asking for Is My Body”: The Common Politics of Reproductive and Worker RightsSome years ago I was teaching Milton Murayama’s wiry and wonderful 1975 novel All I Asking Is My Body in a working-class literature course…Nov 2, 2024Nov 2, 2024
Would Trump’s Authoritarianism Make Life Better for American Workers?While Vice President Kamala Harris has no doubt experienced success in inspiring confidence in more and more American voters that she can…Oct 30, 2024Oct 30, 2024
