Why Education Is Democracy’s Best Bet
Education is the single most important component of the common good for maintaining the long-term health of democracy.
Education is the single most important component of the common good for maintaining the long-term health of democracy.
This election is over, but the battle for the next one has already begun.
In America, much has been said about willful ignorance, but not enough about the fountains of falsehoods that feed those unwilling to learn much of anything that requires factual focus.
The ultimate outcome of this election is going to change nothing with regard to the deep-seated problems that have sundered apart the fabric of American democracy.
Whether it is in a blue state or a red state in America, every vote that has been cast must be counted.
Whoever succeeds Donald Trump — in 2021 or 2025 — must confront the legacy he leaves behind head-on.
Even after we know the initial result of the US elections sometime in the coming days, there is no way we can anticipate the aftermath.
Tom Engelhardt delivers a personal reminder of just how long the US has been on Donald Trump’s road in an American world now teetering at the edge of who knows what.
With many loose tribes pulling in different directions, America faces a protracted war for the soul of the nation.
America is a country rife with suspicion, tension and polarization as two opposite poles clash.
The Electoral College has become a means of perpetuating inequality and unfairness, and is not representative of the country’s diversity.
The economic and social chaos of 2020 caused by COVID-19 prepared the terrain for a post-electoral period of political chaos brought on by the extreme polarization of US society.
Presidential leadership needs to be even-handed and sensitive to the concerns of US allies.
