A Senate win for all Americans Rev. Raphael Warnock’s win shows us that a way forward to a better America now runs through the Deep South. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 12, 2022
Citizenship requires a constant recommitment to democracy Voters in the recent election made an important down payment on our country’s democratic future. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2022
Tell the Supreme Court: We still need affirmative action Some conservatives would like to retire affirmative action because they claim it’s accomplished everything it set out to do. But it hasn’t. Not even close. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2022
Art can be a tool to capture this moment in American politics Art can speak to our hearts. That’s part of its power to provoke thought, emotion, and action. And that is why censorship is often a weapon wielded by those who fear art’s motivating power. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2022
America’s spirit of democracy What makes the U.S. exceptional is not that we are somehow immune to the erosion of democracy, Rep. Jamie Raskin says. What makes us exceptional is the progress we have made together. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 17, 2022
Why 'All in the Family' would be all but impossible to pull off today Norman Lear turned 100 on July 27, and to belatedly mark the occasion, ABC aired a star-encrusted tribute Thursday, "Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter." On broadcast television, the producer's home for nearly all his TV career. Los Angeles Times · Sep 23, 2022
Redistricting is voter suppression, too Redistricting is erasing us from Congress and state legislatures. We need to call it out and challenge it where we see it. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2022