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As John Nichols tweets: “American journalism is in crisis, under attack and literally shutting down across the vast news deserts of a country where citizens are no longer getting coverage that is sufficient to sustain democracy. So DC journalists have … Continue reading →

2010, 2014, 2016, one statehouse after another. . . despite their gains during recent special elections, if they put more standard-issue corporate Dems on the ballot in November, they’ll get wiped out all over again. Get your hands off the … Continue reading →

Heaven forfend they might articulate the hope that spiritual values animate public policy.

The GOP party line is now that any attempt to oppose Trump in any way will spell electoral ruin for a Democratic senator. Thus Trump & Sen. Cronyn’s yelping about the defeat Sen. Tester will allegedly be delivered because he … Continue reading →

New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has in recent years turned into an advocacy group for development. As the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation writes, LPC has “approved demolitions, alterations, and new construction in historic districts and changes to individual … Continue reading →

Chauncey DeVega writes in Salon: “America’s crisis in civic literacy, political polarization, rampant anti-intellectualism, deeply embedded sexism and racism, greed, broken schools and weakened democratic institutions, as well as a hollowed-out public sphere where people confuse celebrity with human worth, … Continue reading →

Why is the Mayor opposing landmark status for the Third and Fourth Avenue corridors south of 14th Street? Because he and Deputy Mayor Glen and, of course, the developer vultures, intend to level those beautiful, historic buildings still standing to … Continue reading →

I’m looking forward to reading or perusing Ara Gallant by David Wills.

The truth about McConnell: Will Bunch in the Philadelphia Daily News doesn’t pull punches. The invidious old time-server rules via “a win-at-all costs mentality that crushes norms of basic democracy that had survived for a couple of centuries. It is … Continue reading →

You know, organizations like dance companies might want to reflect on why they are no longer covered in the newspapers and how unregulated business practices have hollowed out journalism. With arts on the ropes in the U.S. and coverage in … Continue reading →