Trump’s coalition is self-destructing over the Iran war question
You don’t have to be a fan of Tucker Carlson to enjoy the spectacle of a Republican civil war, I write in …
Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles
In The Guardian, I argue that Trump is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he’s talking about sending …
We’ve never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency
In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-ups, I …
The case against Mahmoud Khalil is meant to silence American dissent
As I write in The Guardian, the open door of American democracy is slamming shut faster and louder than we could have …
Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy
For The Guardian, I wrote about how the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is an attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free …
A mind-numbing affair: On Trump’s Inauguration Speech
I wrote this short essay as a part of a Guardian panel on Trump’s inauguration speech. Well, that was boring. Predictable, prosaic …
Daniel Penny’s lawyers used a racist defense strategy and it worked
I wrote this essay for The Guardian, highlighting a fundamentally racist argument that Penny’s lawyeres used in the trial, that it was …
Not changing course on Gaza was a colossal mistake by Kamala Harris
I write here, for The Guardian, that the Harris campaign’s inability to change course on Gaza was a fatal error certainly for …
Why did Trump win, and what comes next? Our panel reacts
I wrote this brief comment, “Between hate and nothing, hate won,” about the 2024 election for The Guardian. So, it will be …
With their lies about Haitian immigrants, Trump and Vance have reached a new low
The kind of lies that Donald Trump and JD Vance traffic in sets a dangerous new precedent in our political culture, I …