The Voting Rights Act passed in 1965, and for the next 48 years, it didn’t just survive, it thrived. Five times during that time span, Congress enacted major amendments that greatly expanded the scope and coverage of the law’s provisions. But during the last decade, one of the most important pieces of legislation in our…Continue Reading
A judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and his daughter Ivanka Trump must sit for depositions as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil investigation of the Trump Organization. The three Trumps were seeking court protection from subpoenas James issued in December. There’s “significant evidence” to suggest…Continue Reading
It was two weeks ago today when the Republican National Committee approved a censure resolution that condemned two sitting House Republicans — Wyoming’s Liz Cheney and Illinois’ Adam Kinzinger — for serving on the bipartisan House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. The party’s resolution specifically accused the pair of engaging in “persecution of…Continue Reading
Texas has been a hot spot for disconcerting news about the health of our democracy this week. Reporting shows that scores of Republican candidates in the state are coalescing at a remarkable speed around a commitment to the lie that President Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. Separately, Texas’ new voter ID law appears to…Continue Reading
What if we treated the risk of pandemics the same way we treat the risk of fires? In this eye-opening talk, infectious disease epidemiologist Jennifer B. Nuzzo unpacks how the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 sparked a cultural shift in how we defend against fires — and explains why pandemics demand the same sort of…Continue Reading
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in the House of Commons about the implementation of the Emergencies Act in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 2022. (Patrick Doyle/Reuters) The Canadian House of Commons voted Monday night to approve a 30-day extension of the Emergencies Act, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently invoked for the first time…Continue Reading
BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles during drills held by Southern Military District armed forces at the Kadamovsky range in Rostov Region, Russia, January 27, 2022. (Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters) Russia has ordered troops to the two separatist regions of Ukraine’s Donbas territory to fulfill “peacekeeping functions,” per an official order from the Kremlin, following Russian president Vladimir Putin’s recognition…Continue Reading
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks during a welcoming ceremony for Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, La., June 15, 2018. (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell was seen flouting her own mask mandate at an indoor Mardi Gras ball on Friday, according to photos obtained by…Continue Reading
A 1958 dystopian novel by a British sociologist contains eerie parallels to our present dysfunction and the crisis coming to a head. Lord Michael Young of Dartington (1915-2002), in 1949. (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The Covid-19 pandemic is so complex, so vast in scale, that I doubt any single future historian will…Continue Reading
The fact that the biomedical security state is being imposed by elected leaders doesn’t automatically give it democratic legitimacy. Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole arrives to attend the French language debate at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on September 8, 2021. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP via Getty Images) Behind all…Continue Reading
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