Jonathan Zimmerman
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Why we keep looking at the Northam photo
How many people who are currently flaying Ralph Northam engaged in routine racist behavior when they were younger?
6 years ago
Congress has no business telling American businesses — or Americans, period — whom they should or shouldn’t boycott, which violates their First Amendment rights.
6 years ago
The process is a lie — and that’s the truth
The confirmation process has become a ridiculous pantomime, where nominees proclaim their generic 'philosophy' without telling you what they think about specifics.
6 years ago
Thanks to cultural appropriation, Aretha Franklin transcended categories dividing us
Her entire career was a testimony to the wondrous mixtape of America itself. She stands as a rebuke to cultural police who try to prevent that type of border-crossing.
6 years ago
For President Trump, national security is all about … him
The president and his allies have denounced his critics for criticizing Donald J. Trump.
6 years ago
Kyrie Irving and the politics of cynicism
According to a 2016 survey, a third of American teachers are open to the idea that climate change might be naturally occurring instead of something caused by humans.
6 years ago
In our bitterly polarized nation, entertainment — like everything else — seems to split us along political lines.
6 years ago
Removed from its historical context, 'lynching' it can be applied to anything
6 years ago
Pompeo, Bolton, and the question of hate groups
We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.
6 years ago
Who fights our wars? Other people’s children
A volunteer-only army outsources foreign wars to the poor and working class — one of the worst legacies of Vietnam, which was also fought mostly by less-privileged Americans.
7 years ago
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Promoting civility in Washington in the age of Trump
7 years ago