Shay 
One thing that the current primary season seems to be revealing is that far too many of us are not recognizing that the United States of today is not remotely the country of 18 months ago. Despite the reports that the United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism, far too many of us seem not …
After the national revelation over the weekend that U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner early in his marriage was texting with other women—and that the texts were sexual in nature and the resulting pearl-clutching around that—I have become thoroughly convinced that the Civil Rights movement and other movements would never have happened if they had occurred …
NOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface. I am not a journalist by trade or training. I am a writer who traditionally has written long-form pieces commenting on or analyzing social issues like race and racism, and I have added writing …