The death penalty has been a controversial issue for decades, but unlike many other issues it does not have a clear partisan divide one way or the other. Typically, more Democrats than Republicans oppose the death penalty, but 32 percent of Democrats still support the death penalty, and among its supporters are the last two
Going into the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election, a big conflict for the Democratic Party, one which began to emerge in the 2016 primary and the general election, is how the party is going to address “identity politics,” issues that focus on the rights of specific groups of people. After the 2016
In 2015, Republican appointed Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy made history when he voted with Liberal justices in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that legalized gay marriage nationwide. This was a landmark case for the gay civil rights and its decision came down to Kennedy’s single vote. Later this year, Kennedy will cast an equally
It should be obvious from the get go that White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly’s services and his sacrifices, those that got him his four stars, are some of the most heroic and honorable things that anyone has done for our country. As such, when people talk of Kelly, those monikers would be
1964 was a major turning point for the Democratic Party. Before that year, the Democrats harbored white supremacists. In 1964, however, they transformed under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Due to pressure applied by civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Whether or not Johnson did so out
Donald Trump recently picked Kathleen Hartnett-White, a denier of human-caused climate change and a staunch believer that global warming only serves to bring down fossil fuel companies, to head the Council on Environmental Quality. His decision wasn’t surprising, and that’s part of what makes it so horrifying. We’ve become numb to actions that, under any
In the last week or so, many women have stepped out and reported cases of sexual assault first in Hollywood and then in Washington DC. Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Rose, Louis CK, and Al Franken, all liberals were accused of various levels of sexual misconduct, revealing to the nation that sexual assault is pervasive in the
I recently finished a 2017 book by Mark Lilla. The Once and Future Liberal asks several tough questions and takes an interesting perspective of electoral and otherwise politics over the last two hundred years. The impetus for such a broad and irreverent analysis of modern liberal thought is, of course, the result of the
President Trump has attacked his party members countless times with fallacious insults, often on Twitter and after 2am. However, not many of them have attacked back with much success. This brings about the question that has been on Democrats’ minds for a long time: When will the Republican Party say enough is enough? I predict
Many of us fear the possibility of the United States running on a plutocratic system, in which the wealthy control and own the government because of their ability to buy off elected officials. The Citizens United Supreme Court case inflamed this fear by ruling the restriction of corporation and labor union contributions and expenditures for
