The following two statements stand in complete opposition to each other, and yet they are both true: The Democratic Party is dominant. The Democratic Party is screwed. Consider these facts. In 2020, Joe Biden received more votes than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history. He rebuilt the “blue wall” …
Read More »This Primary's Real Loser Is Diversity
It shouldn’t be difficult to determine who is winning this. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who has shown the ability thus far to form any kind of firm base within the Democratic electorate —younger voters who may find him personally popular even more so than a platform that Republicans …
Read More »Blackface Is Just One Part of the Problem
Not long after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam immolated what was left of his political career, I got the Reverend Dr. William Barber on the phone. The fiery civil rights leader, known for founding the Moral Mondays movementand for revivingRev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign, did not focus …
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