The End of Cuomo and His “Feminist” Wall of Protection
On Tuesday, Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation as governor of New York. In his address to the state, he continued to deny the allegations of sexual harassment detailed in Attorney General Letitia...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo and the Line No Democrat Can Cross
Andrew Cuomo’s resignation was inevitable. At the end, he had no support anywhere, from the president of the United States on down. And yet when it finally came, it was still shocking, because it was...
View ArticleBiden Gets His Bipartisan Victory. Now the Hard Part.
The longest-running political joke in America is nearing its end. The Senate on Tuesday voted 69–30 in favor of the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (or, as it’s known by its less...
View ArticleGood Riddance to Andrew Cuomo
For the last 10 years, Andrew Cuomo has held onto power by bullying and belittling everyone in his path. He has been ruthless, taking on and taking out opponents of all stripes—though particularly on...
View ArticleThe Uncomfortable Rise of the Instagram Novel
If it’s now widely believed that life spent tethered to a smartphone is inherently suspect, performative, or false, the physicality of our devices is comparatively underdiscussed. Behind every digital...
View ArticleThe Eviction Moratorium Was Written for the Perfect Tenant. They’re Often...
Leegraciea Lewis had lived at the Landings at Steele Creek, an apartment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, for eight years until she was evicted the morning of September 30, 2020. A team of...
View ArticleCNN Owes Its Viewers an Apology
CNN has a Chris Cuomo problem—and the network only has itself to blame. Last spring, as Covid-19 spread like wildfire across the country, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was a regular guest on his...
View ArticleOklahoma Wants a Supreme Court Do-Over on Tribal Sovereignty
“At the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote two years ago in McGirt v. Oklahoma. His majority ruling recognized that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation still...
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The First Amendment Under Fire
One way of interpreting the controversy currently roiling the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over the relative importance of civil liberties and free speech on the one hand, and the pursuit of...
View ArticleJoe Manchin’s Lame Reason for Opposing More Infrastructure Spending
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin isn’t sold on the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill that could be this country’s last chance to pass anything resembling climate policy for a decade. “Given the...
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Donald’s Plot Against America
I felt as though I had stumbled across a crime scene so violent that I couldn’t process it, let alone synthesize the images in front of me. The parts remained stubbornly separate, and there was no way...
View ArticleDemocracy Promotion Doesn’t Work Anymore
Joe Biden is keeping another campaign promise. This time, that’s not a good thing.One of the cornerstones of Biden’s 2020 platform was to shore up democracy not only in America but around the world. In...
View ArticleThe Only Thing Worse Than Leaving Afghanistan? Staying.
The snapshot was taken hastily on a cheap Instamatic camera out the back window of an SUV nearly 20 years ago. But my photo of dozens of joyful Afghan boys racing after an American reporter’s car in...
View ArticleThe End of the Four-Year Presidency—for Democrats, Anyway
Throughout history it’s been periodically suggested that America should amend the Constitution to make the president serve a single six-year term. This quaintly goo-goo reform enjoyed its most recent...
View ArticleHow to Tell Your Child About the End of the World
My baby is 4 months old today, as I write these words. He’s been smiling for weeks already, but it has just started feeling like his smiles really mean something. When you enter his field of vision,...
View ArticleThe New “Crime Wave” Panic and the Long Shadow of John Walsh
John and Revé Walsh’s lives changed on July 27, 1981, when Revé took her six-year-old son, Adam, to the Sears department store in a mall in Hollywood, Florida. Adam had asked to visit the toy...
View ArticleSchools Boards Are the New Battleground Over Critical Race Theory
In the fall of 2018, a Snapchat video began circulating in the wealthy Dallas suburb of Southlake, Texas. It showed a group of white high school students at a party, laughing as they chanted a racial...
View ArticleTrump’s Big Lie Allies Take One on the Chin
Accountability is a rare thing in modern American politics, and it’s been dismally lacking in the wake of January 6. Though hundreds of Capitol rioters have been charged over the last eight months, the...
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