Donald TrumpTrump is a clear and present dangerDonald Trump's increasingly fascist rhetoric -- his use of the word vermin to describe his political rivals, for example -- is not just Trump being Trump, writes Steve Almond. It's...CognoscentiNov 15, 2023Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election lossFormer President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug...Local CoverageAug 24, 2023Donald Trump and the trap doorIf a president can brazenly seek to undermine a free and fair election, then use that same system to win power again, is America even a democracy anymore? asks Steve...CognoscentiAug 3, 2023We Have Nothing To Fear But FearmongersAmerica faces real emergencies. But half the country is heeding false alarms, writes Steve Almond. CognoscentiAug 2, 2021A Plague Of Vaccine SkepticsMillions of Americans are refusing to accept a free, life-saving vaccine at the behest of various political and media demagogues, writes Steve Almond. Our fanatical loyalty to free speech is...CognoscentiJul 21, 2021AdvertisementBy Killing Keystone XL, Biden Sets The Tone For His Climate PolicyWith the millstone of the Trump years now lifted, writes Frederick Hewett, President Biden should seize the opportunity to cancel other fossil fuel infrastructure projects.CognoscentiJan 22, 2021What Can Be Done To Protect Abortion In America? PlentyRoe v. Wade will almost certainly fall, but it doesn't have to be the end of safe and legal abortion in America, writes Jesse Mermell. Here are six things President...CognoscentiJan 22, 2021A Return To Leadership By ExampleI'm too exhausted by Trump to be elated about Biden, writes Holly Robinson. But I have hope.CognoscentiJan 21, 2021The Cavalry Is Finally HereJoe Biden and Kamala Harris need to offer Americans of good faith more than just an end to the nihilism of the Trump era, writes Steve Almond. They need to...CognoscentiJan 20, 2021The Irony Of Calling America A 'Banana Republic'The history of the banana republic reminds us that for all too many across the globe, the United States is not a beacon of human rights and democracy, writes Joseph...CognoscentiJan 13, 2021The Greatest Threat To Our Democracy Is InactionAmerica can still demonstrate that an inclusive democracy based on civic ideals is possible, writes former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. But it won't happen without accountability for Trump and his...ResumeCognoscenti05:29Jan 12, 2021Online Extremists And Law Enforcement: Lessons From The Capitol Hill InsurrectionRight-wing extremists plotted their Capitol insurrection openly on social media. What are they saying they'll do next? And this time, will law enforcement pay attention?ResumeOn Point47:32Jan 11, 2021Enough With The Pathetic Excuses: Impeach Trump ImmediatelyWhether or not GOP Senators would muster the courage to convict, writes Steve Almond, they should have to face that vote -- and the public pressure that will come along...CognoscentiJan 8, 2021Trump Shouldn’t Get One More Day In Office. Invoke The 25th Amendment NowThe Cabinet needs to remove this deluded narcissist from office for the unprecedented threat he poses to American democracy, writes Eileen McNamara. CognoscentiJan 6, 2021Never Underestimate The Power Of Saying 'I Like You Just The Way You Are'I believe the polarization and intense anger Red and Blue folks share springs from the unconscious wish each person possesses to feel that they are good enough just as they...CognoscentiNov 24, 2020Trump Lost. So Why Is The Media Still So Fixated On His Supporters?At a moment of profound consequence for rebuilding norms around civic discourse, writes Leigh Gilmore, why are we asked to listen to the people who are least interested in that...CognoscentiNov 19, 2020Our National Nightmare Is Over. Now, The Real Work BeginsNot much is riding on Joe Biden’s optimism, writes Eileen McNamara, just the soul of America.CognoscentiNov 7, 2020Win Or Lose The Election, Trump Has Conquered The GOPAs a Never-Trump Republican, writes Rich Barlow, I grieve this state of affairs.CognoscentiNov 4, 2020The America We Choose Yesterday isn't gone, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. We have to vote like our collective future depends on it -- because it does. CognoscentiNov 3, 2020Four Truths To Keep In Mind Before The Counting BeginsCognoscentiNov 2, 2020Next Page
Trump is a clear and present dangerDonald Trump's increasingly fascist rhetoric -- his use of the word vermin to describe his political rivals, for example -- is not just Trump being Trump, writes Steve Almond. It's...CognoscentiNov 15, 2023
Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election lossFormer President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug...Local CoverageAug 24, 2023
Donald Trump and the trap doorIf a president can brazenly seek to undermine a free and fair election, then use that same system to win power again, is America even a democracy anymore? asks Steve...CognoscentiAug 3, 2023
We Have Nothing To Fear But FearmongersAmerica faces real emergencies. But half the country is heeding false alarms, writes Steve Almond. CognoscentiAug 2, 2021
A Plague Of Vaccine SkepticsMillions of Americans are refusing to accept a free, life-saving vaccine at the behest of various political and media demagogues, writes Steve Almond. Our fanatical loyalty to free speech is...CognoscentiJul 21, 2021
By Killing Keystone XL, Biden Sets The Tone For His Climate PolicyWith the millstone of the Trump years now lifted, writes Frederick Hewett, President Biden should seize the opportunity to cancel other fossil fuel infrastructure projects.CognoscentiJan 22, 2021
What Can Be Done To Protect Abortion In America? PlentyRoe v. Wade will almost certainly fall, but it doesn't have to be the end of safe and legal abortion in America, writes Jesse Mermell. Here are six things President...CognoscentiJan 22, 2021
A Return To Leadership By ExampleI'm too exhausted by Trump to be elated about Biden, writes Holly Robinson. But I have hope.CognoscentiJan 21, 2021
The Cavalry Is Finally HereJoe Biden and Kamala Harris need to offer Americans of good faith more than just an end to the nihilism of the Trump era, writes Steve Almond. They need to...CognoscentiJan 20, 2021
The Irony Of Calling America A 'Banana Republic'The history of the banana republic reminds us that for all too many across the globe, the United States is not a beacon of human rights and democracy, writes Joseph...CognoscentiJan 13, 2021
The Greatest Threat To Our Democracy Is InactionAmerica can still demonstrate that an inclusive democracy based on civic ideals is possible, writes former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. But it won't happen without accountability for Trump and his...ResumeCognoscenti05:29Jan 12, 2021
Online Extremists And Law Enforcement: Lessons From The Capitol Hill InsurrectionRight-wing extremists plotted their Capitol insurrection openly on social media. What are they saying they'll do next? And this time, will law enforcement pay attention?ResumeOn Point47:32Jan 11, 2021
Enough With The Pathetic Excuses: Impeach Trump ImmediatelyWhether or not GOP Senators would muster the courage to convict, writes Steve Almond, they should have to face that vote -- and the public pressure that will come along...CognoscentiJan 8, 2021
Trump Shouldn’t Get One More Day In Office. Invoke The 25th Amendment NowThe Cabinet needs to remove this deluded narcissist from office for the unprecedented threat he poses to American democracy, writes Eileen McNamara. CognoscentiJan 6, 2021
Never Underestimate The Power Of Saying 'I Like You Just The Way You Are'I believe the polarization and intense anger Red and Blue folks share springs from the unconscious wish each person possesses to feel that they are good enough just as they...CognoscentiNov 24, 2020
Trump Lost. So Why Is The Media Still So Fixated On His Supporters?At a moment of profound consequence for rebuilding norms around civic discourse, writes Leigh Gilmore, why are we asked to listen to the people who are least interested in that...CognoscentiNov 19, 2020
Our National Nightmare Is Over. Now, The Real Work BeginsNot much is riding on Joe Biden’s optimism, writes Eileen McNamara, just the soul of America.CognoscentiNov 7, 2020
Win Or Lose The Election, Trump Has Conquered The GOPAs a Never-Trump Republican, writes Rich Barlow, I grieve this state of affairs.CognoscentiNov 4, 2020
The America We Choose Yesterday isn't gone, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. We have to vote like our collective future depends on it -- because it does. CognoscentiNov 3, 2020