Political Commentary

Supreme Court oral arguments were made for social media. Social media was not made to make Supreme Court arguments persuasive or even understandable. The court’s latest Donald Trump case is a perfect illustration. The justices on this court are relatively young. Their questions are clear and direct, and they all …

This commentary was written by Trevon Bosley, the co-chair of March For Our Lives. My voice is hoarse in saying it, but it bears repeating. America is faced with an unprecedented epidemic, coupled with unparalleled hypocrisy. Gun violence is the issue of our time. There have been more than 120 …

Eva Burch is a Democratic state Senator in Arizona. Last month, I had a safe, legal abortion in Arizona. Today we are all tied up in white-knuckled knots, wondering if we’re going to start throwing doctors in jail for the care they gave me. People of America: We need to …

Gregory Nolan is a former federal prosecutor and current white-collar defense attorney at Brown White & Osborn. The headlines suggest prosecutors are kicking ass and taking names in the fight against white-collar crime. In only the past few weeks, federal prosecutors indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on even more corruption …

On October 30, a lone child, about 7 years old, from northern Gaza arrived by ambulance at the emergency room of al-Shifa Hospital where I worked as a nurse. She needed urgent brain surgery after her home was bombed by the Israeli forces, and most of her family was killed. …

​​Anat Shenker-Osorio is a political strategist and communications researcher for progressive campaigns. President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union last week in fantastic fighting form, as befitting a leader confronting an in-house authoritarian faction hostile to democratically elected government — at least until he turned to immigration. There, …

In a way, Rob Reiner has come full circle. Decades ago, before The Princess Bride, before A Few Good Men, Reiner first made his mark as Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the liberal son-in-law to the racist, conservative Archie Bunker on one of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, All in …

They say of Donald Trump, “The cruelty is the point.” For Ron DeSantis, we might amend that to say, “The cruelty was pointless.” Rarely in American politics has a civic leader, a governor no less, used his official power to marginalize, demean, and endanger so many — in the naked …

America is facing its greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War. I know, journalists exaggerate sometimes. But as rock critic Greil Marcus said of punk rock half a century ago, this is actually happening. And if sanity doesn’t prevail, this crisis will affect all of our lives, whether we are …

Tariq MaQbool is an incarcerated writer serving two consecutive life sentences at the New Jersey State Prison. He is a member of the mentorship program Empowerment Avenue, which pairs writers with editors in the outside world to hone their craft and pitch stories to the media. Their mission is to …