Yesterday was the 52nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. And it was an important reminder that we still have work to do. Two weeks ago, in a major win for democracy, the Suffolk Superior Court ruled that Massachusetts’s 20-day voter … [Read more...]

Following onto last week's Politico article about Deval Patrick, and discussion of Kamala Harris and Corey Booker's presidential prospects, there was some resistance from certain well-known lefty writers, notably The Week's Ryan Cooper. … [Read more...]

In some of our recent discussions about How to Fix Everything, we've had a lot of talk about messaging, positioning, and the like. These are all worthy topics, but to me the real issue is credibility. Take the recent healthcare vote, … [Read more...]

If Democrats want us to think they really believe in their “Better Deal” campaign, shouldn’t they try to actually implement its ideas? Especially in a heavily Democratic state like Massachusetts? Turns out nope! Though the Massachusetts … [Read more...]

I haven't finished this, but I've read enough to recommend it. But Priebus was the conduit. By firing him, Trump has severed a critical connection to his own party—not simply to major donors and GOP congressional leaders, but to the … [Read more...]

Bryan Stevenson article "A Presumption of Guilt" in the New York Review of Books (July 13, 2017) draws a correlation between the lynching of black men and women and the disproportionate use of capital punishment against blacks. As lynchings … [Read more...]