Relegant Index
Op-Ed Articles: 2022
- An ‘imposter Christianity’ is threatening American democracy
- by John Blake; CNN, Jul. 24, 2022
- Body politics: the secret history of the U.S. anti-abortion movement
- by Sarah Churchwell; The Guardian, Jul. 23, 2022
- Why codifying Roe will land right back at the Supreme Court
- by Victoria Nourse; CNN, Jun. 30, 2022
- Republicans have hijacked the US supreme court. It’s time to expand it
- by David Daley; The Guardian, Jun. 27, 2022
- Make Progressive Politics Constitutional Again
- by Joseph Fishkin and William E. Forbath; Boston Review, Jun. 23, 2022
- Dark Money Built the Supreme Court’s Radical Conservative Supermajority
- by Andrew Perez and Aditi Ramaswami; Jacobin, June 23, 2022
- Did Trump believe his big lie? It’s irrelevant to proving his guilt.
- by Ryan Goodman, Norman Eisen and Barbara McQuade; Washington Post, Jun. 22, 2022
- Peter Thiel helped build Facebook, now he's building a new anti-tech right
- by Elizabeth Dwoskin; Washington Post, Jun. 19, 2022
- Counting on the Supreme Court to uphold key rights was always a mistake
- by Samuel Moyn; Washington Post, Jun. 17, 2022
- The January 6 hearings aren’t acknowledging the elephant in the room
- by Thomas Zimmer; The Guardian, Jun. 17, 2022
- There's no way to fix the Second Amendment. Let's just get rid of it
- by Bill Press; CNN, Jun. 09, 2022
- The Atrocity of American Gun Culture
- by Jelani Cobb; The New Yorker, May 29, 2022
- Americans believe nothing is getting better. Biden feeds that disillusionment
- by David Sirota; The Guardian, Apr. 29, 2022
- Opinion: The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election
- by J. Michael Luttig; CNN, Apr. 27, 2022
- Elon Musk’s vision for the internet is dangerous nonsense
- by Robert Reich; The Guardian, Apr. 12, 2022
- Could Russia and Vladimir Putin lose in Ukraine? Here’s why Francis Fukuyama is optimistic.
- by Greg Sargent; Washington Post, Mar. 14, 2022
- Putin’s pre-invasion moves against Google and Apple laid tech groundwork for crackdown.
- by Greg Miller and Joseph Menn; Washington Post, Mar. 12, 2022
- ‘The Scheme’: a senator’s plan to highlight rightwing influence on the supreme court
- by David Smith; The Guardian, Feb. 22, 2022
- Why the White House stopped telling the truth about inflation and corporate power
- by Robert Reich; The Guardian, Feb. 20, 2022
Op-Ed Articles: 2021 July–December
- What’s really wrong with the mainstream media
- by Robert Reich; The Guardian, Dec. 9, 2021
- The ‘stench’ of politicization: Sonia Sotomayor’s supreme court warning
- The Guardian, Dec. 4, 2021
- Beyond the Stench: Reflections on Violence, Fascism, and Revolution
- by Paul Street; CounterPunch, Dec. 3, 2021
- Supreme Court decisions on abortion, guns, more loom from newly radicalized institution
- Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2021 (long read)
- Trump stoked Covid in red states – but there are blue anti-vaxxers too
- by Robert Reich; The Guardian, Nov. 28, 2021
- Why does the media keep saying this election was a loss for Democrats? It wasn’t
- by Rebecca Solnit; The Guardian, Nov. 6, 2021
- True conservatives should support filibuster reform
- by E.J. Dionne; Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2021
- Our constitutional crisis is already here
- by Robert Kagan; Washington Post, Sept. 23, 2021
Op-Ed Articles: 2021 January–June
- How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory
- by Benjamin Wallace-Wells; The New Yorker, June 18, 2021
- Trump and the Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts
- by Zack Beauchamp; Vox, Mar. 1, 2021
- The “For the People Act” Would Make America a Democracy
- by Jon Schwarz; The Intercept, Feb. 14, 2021
- What Biden should do now about Trump
- by Dean Obeidallah; CNN, Feb. 14, 2021
- Trump supporters want us to believe the Framers were fools
- by Michael Gerson; Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2021
- Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it.
- by Stacey Abrams; Washington Post, Feb. 7, 2021
- The Electoral College Is Far Worse Than You Think
- by Mike Lofgren; Common Dreams, Feb. 3, 2021
- Democrats are faced with a choice. Protect the filibuster or protect democracy.
- by E.J. Dionne Jr.; Washington Post, Jan. 31, 2021
- The Capitol insurrection isn't moderating the GOP. It's making them more extreme.
- by Ryan Cooper; The Week, Jan. 29, 2021
- ‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy
- by David Smith; The Guardian, Jan. 29, 2021
- America has forgotten how to be free
- by Ryan Cooper; The Week, Jan. 27, 2021
- The US System Is Rigged So the Minority Can Rule Over the Majority
- by Jesse Jackson; Common Dreams, Jan. 26, 2021
- Mitch McConnell’s filibuster scam is laughably transparent
- by Greg Sargent; Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2021
- How the Washington Post Fact Checker tracked Trump's false and misleading claims during his presidency
- by Glenn Kessler; Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2021
- To achieve a real legacy, Biden will have to be more radical – and ready to fight
- by David Sirota; The Guardian, Jan. 22, 2021
- How Biden can keep his promise to create unity
- by Paul Waldman; Washington Post, Jan. 20, 2021
- Three ways the media can vanquish the Big Lie that will linger even after Trump is gone
- by Margaret Sullivan; Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2021
- Among the Insurrectionists at the Capitol
- by Luke Mogelson; The New Yorker, Jan. 15, 2021
- Is Donald Trump an aberration or a symptom of a deeper US malady?
- by Joseph Stiglitz; The Guardian, Jan. 12, 2021
- Yes It Was Attempted by Wingnuts, But It Was a Coup Attempt Just the Same
- by Juan Cole; Common Dreams, Jan. 11, 2021
- This is the America that Black people know
- by Cori Bush; Washington Post, Jan. 9, 2021
- The Truth About Trump’s Mob
- by Jeffrey D. Sachs; Project Syndicate, Jan. 8, 2021
- The Capitol mob was a propaganda coup for the far-right Trump insurgency
- by Greg Sargent; Washington Post, Jan. 8, 2021
- The Coup in Washington: Why is Anyone Surprised by Trump’s Fascist Politics?
- by Anthony DiMaggio; Counterpunch.org, Jan. 7, 2021
- America Has Entered the Weimar Era
- by Walden Bello; FPIF, Jan. 7, 2021
- Call it what it was: a coup attempt
- by Rebecca Solnit; The Guardian, Jan. 6, 2021
- Two weeks is too long. Remove Trump from office now.
- by David Faris; The Week, Jan. 6, 2021
