Anti-Anti-Fascist?

09/25/2025

Donald Trump has done it again: labeling “Antifa” a terrorist organization, as if it were a centralized group with a hierarchy, a payroll, and a board of directors. Spoiler alert: it isn’t. Antifa isn’t a group. It’s not a club…

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Death Vacations in the State of Denial

09/25/2025

Florida has decided to take public health into its own hands—by basically ignoring it. The state is moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates for schoolchildren, including shots for chickenpox, hepatitis B, and certain bacterial infections. Because nothing says “innovation” like…

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The Blind Leading the Color Blind

09/25/2025

Immigration and Customs Enforcement loves to insist it’s just following the law, blind to race, treating everyone equally under the red, white, and blue. But if ICE isn’t looking at skin color to decide who to stop, detain, and deport,…

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The Case for Public Media

05/13/2025

A version of this editorial appeared in The Albany Times Union One of the more quietly devastating moves from the Trump administration is the effort to slash federal funding for public media, including NPR and PBS, and potentially even claw…

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What Bill Maher Taught Us About Trump

04/28/2025

Last week comedian Larry David wrote an op-ed for the New York Times likening Bill Maher’s recent dinner with Donald Trump to a meal involving a fictional individual who willingly dines with Hitler… My letter to the editor below was…

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Hamilton at Ten: Time to Face the Hype

02/20/2025

After Ten Years of Hamilton, We Can Admit the TruthBy Heywood Reynolds It’s been ten years since Hamilton premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater, and it’s time to admit something: it wasn’t that good. At the very least, we should…

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An Open Letter to Donald Trump

01/31/2025

By M. Rooney Dear “President” Trump, Like many Americans, and people around the world, I listened to your remarks this morningregarding the airplane tragedy in the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. The first 17minutes were well written. Please congratulate…

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Drawing to a Close: The Decline of Editorial Cartooning

01/27/2025

By Heywood Reynolds With the reelection of President Donald Trump, cartoonists find themselves in what can only be described as a target-rich environment. People often tell me, “You will have plenty of material for the next four years!” It’s true—but…

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The Electoral College is D.E.I. for Red States

10/24/2024

The United States remains the only modern democracy that still uses an electoral college to elect its president—a system that many see as an outdated relic. Most people are familiar with its major criticisms: the candidate who wins the popular…

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Cease and Desist

10/16/2024

From bangers to broadway, former President Donald Trump is well known for the eclectic mix of music played during his campaign rallies. In fact, during his most recent townhall style campaign rally, Trump stopped taking audience questions and instead played…

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