August 2015 Archives
-
Monday, Aug 31, 2015, 9:15 AM
Authenticity as a Weapon
The far right discovers an identity politics weapon.
Nathan Pippenger -
Thursday, Aug 27, 2015, 9:15 AM
Two Ways of Judging Obama’s Foreign Policy
Evaluations of the president’s record may depend upon your diagnosis of big changes in the global order.
Nathan Pippenger -
Monday, Aug 24, 2015, 4:52 AM
What Will the GOP Do if Latinos Aren’t Conservative?
The anti-immigrant mood of the GOP race isn’t even the worst of conservatives’ problems with Latinos.
Nathan Pippenger -
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015, 12:19 AM
The GOP Revolt Against the 14th Amendment
The GOP discovers that, after all these years, it actually opposes birthright citizenship.
Nathan Pippenger -
Monday, Aug 17, 2015, 1:05 AM
The Opportunity Presented by Trump’s Nutty Immigration Plan
The GOP front-runner releases a far-right immigration plan. Will any of his opponents take up the fight?
Nathan Pippenger -
Thursday, Aug 13, 2015, 7:57 AM
Do We Really Need a Modern Buckley-Vidal Debate?
What the present-day Buckley nostalgia is really about.
Nathan Pippenger -
Monday, Aug 10, 2015, 9:15 AM
Scott Walker’s Hollow Appeal to Unity
Is this the ‘quiet rooms’ comment of 2016?
Nathan Pippenger -
Friday, Aug 7, 2015, 9:15 AM
The Great Internet Flattening
Should liberals be worried about the homogenization of the internet?
Nathan Pippenger -
Thursday, Aug 6, 2015, 6:14 AM
Would Texas’s Voter ID Law Still Be Here If John Roberts Had Won the Argument in 1982?
A provision the future chief justice fought in 1982 turns out to be the key weapon against Texas’s voter-ID law.
Nathan Pippenger -
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2015, 6:23 AM
Gutting Voting Rights in the Name of Freedom
The dark irony of the conservative crusade against the Voting Rights Act.
Nathan Pippenger
- « September 2015
- « August 2015
- « July 2015
- « June 2015
- « May 2015
- « April 2015
- « March 2015
- « February 2015
- « January 2015
- « December 2014
- « November 2014
- « October 2014
- « September 2014
- « August 2014
- « July 2014
- « June 2014
- « May 2014
- « April 2014
- « March 2014
- « January 2014
- « December 2013
- « November 2013
- « October 2013
- « September 2013
News
New York Times, Vox Cover Levi’s Essay on Fracking
The New York Times, Vox: Michael Levi’s Summer 2015 Democracy essay, “Fracking and the Climate Debate,” was recently discussed in The New York Times and on Vox.
Events
Liu Discusses Democracy Essay at Aspen Ideas Festival
The Aspen Institute: On June 29, Eric Liu presented his piece from the upcoming Fall 2015 edition of Democracy, “How to Be American,” at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Liu discussed his essay with Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America, and an editorial advisory committee member of Democracy.
News
Hanauer and Rolf’s “Shared Security” Idea Catches On
The Washington Post: Nick Hanauer and David Rolf’s Summer 2015 Democracy essay, “Shared Security, Shared Growth” was recently cited on The Washington Post’s Plum Line blog and Fusion.
Passa Caglia on
Obama's Quiet Dismantling of Reaganism (1)
Kenneth Obiakor on
Two Ways of Judging Obama's Foreign Policy (1)
Kendall Baxter on
On Libya, a New Kind of American Leadership (3)