Will Pro-BDS Representatives Pull Democrats Further Left?
A few of the Democratic Party’s newly minted representatives are beginning to break away from the party’s consensus on Israel. Instead of supporting the U.S.’s ally in the Middle East,…
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“Citizens for Transparency” Ain’t So Transparent
If you watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, you may have noticed one billboard in particular flashing the words: “NO GAYS ALLOWED.” The billboard urged onlookers to “STOP Alliance Defending…
Caving to BDS Activism, Airbnb Pulls West Bank Listings
Last week, Airbnb announced that it would be removing all listings from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The news came after supporters of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (…
Policing Pronouns: Twitter’s Updated Hateful Conduct Policy
Last month, Twitter quietly expanded its policy devoted to combating “hateful conduct” by adding a prohibition on “misgendering” or “deadnaming” transgender users on its platform. According to Twitter, the site…
Women’s March Leadership Shows Schism Over Anti-Semitism
On Monday, Teresa Shook, the original founder of the Women’s March, called for the current leadership of the group to resign in light of their refusal to distance…
Menendez’s Reelection Makes Case for Term Limits
Think we don’t need term limits? New Jersey’s Senate election just made a strong case for them. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D), won reelection last week, despite being…
Media Matters and the “Discredited and Marginalized” Senator-Elect
This weekend, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) conceded defeat to his Republican rival, sitting Governor of Florida Rick Scott. That must have been a third shock (after Scott’s two narrow…
Intersectional Issue Drift Strikes ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) may be a left-leaning organization, but historically it has earned grudging respect by some on the right for an apparent internal commitment to…
Vote Forward’s Partisanship is Showing
Leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, many different organizations and Hollywood celebrities pleaded for U.S. citizens to get out and vote. Voter registration groups pounded the pavement and urged…
Fighting Big Money in Politics… with Super PACs?
Is “big money” from special interests ruining politics? Are super PACs robbing the power of everyday voters? Will donations from so-called “dark money” groups be the end of democracy in…