Politics Archive
Archives for December 2015

In experiments, Americans discriminate more based on political party than on race.


Obama didn’t really say anything new — and that was the point.


The speech wasn’t aimed at insiders.


The hardest problem in counterterrorism: how to prevent an overreaction.


“That’s what groups like ISIL want.”


It’s the first Sunday night primetime address since Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.


“Let’s not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear.”


“I really miss my family, you know?”


A new biopic reveals the disconnect between the Jebverse and reality.


Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, was the victim of a racist conviction for a consensual interracial relationship.


A chat with Yandex’s top lawyer gunning for Google.


“We, as Jewish leaders, see one of the darker moments of our history repeating itself.”


The Court concluded that “Republican political operatives successfully infiltrated the redistricting process.”


“These are weapons of war, barely modified and delivered marketed as tools of macho vigilantism.”


Get ready to hear a lot about “self-radicalization”; we shook the box and it sure sounds like we’re getting a rate hike for Christmas; and Chipotle’s E. coli problem spreads.