This is bad. Bad for America and for the world. Bad for women, for
immigrants, for LGBTQ+ people and for all marginalized people. Bad for
the Democratic Party nationally. But North Carolina prove...
The contrast couldn’t have been more stark. And it could easily
swing a close election. Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square
Garden Sunday was hateful, divisive and mean-spirited. Kamala
Ha...
There are newer names and bigger stars campaigning for Democrats this
year: the Obamas, Bruce Springsteen and Beyoncé. But two veteran
warriors, Bill Clinton and Jim Hunt, were back together thi...
James Carville was the first and loudest Democrat to say President
Biden should step aside. I disagreed, but Carville was right and I was
wrong. Now he’s written an op-ed in The New York Times:...
I went to Berkeley last weekend for football. I got an unexpected
lesson in free speech – and a reminder that freedom is on the ballot
this year. Because wannabe dictator Donald Trump would ter...
North Carolina Democrats have reason to be optimistic about this
election. But the ghosts of 2016 and 2020 keep us scared. Both years,
our hopes were high. In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s campaign w...
Mark Robinson should get an Emmy for Most Appearances in Other
Campaigns’ TV Ads. For months, he has starred in Josh Stein’s ads,
admonishing women who didn’t “keep your skirt down” and...
Republicans usually are better than Democrats at closing out
elections, because they’re better at scaring voters. This year, what
Republicans will do if they win should scare voters. As they do...
Ethel Kennedy’s death recalls a time when hope and idealism
triumphed over hate and fear. Robert and Ethel Kennedy were noisy,
passionate and boisterous, a contrast to cool, stylish and
sophist...
First came cataclysmic floods. Then came the cascade of lies. The lies
– and the lying liars who tell them – compound the suffering in
Western North Carolina and complicate the recovery. Like...
