Unsafe On Any Screen: Getting Serious About Regulating Social Media
Caught in an externality trap, Facebook is fighting against the only thing that can save it.
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Occasional Commentary
A progressive, historically-minded look at the news and events of the day.
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20 of 31 episodesLeaving A Trace
We are the future’s past…
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My Op-Ed in the Austin American Statesman
Even as our city weathers this crisis, it is vital to reflect on how it came about, and what we can do in the future to improve the resilien...
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La Caída del Sistema
Will the 2018 midterms be fair?
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Russian Influence and the Commodification of American Democracy
The highest bidder isn’t always American.
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Song of the Day
A progressive, historically-minded look at the news and events of the day.
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Know What's Coming
The family separations are a statement of intent.
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Moral Witness in the Trump Era
These kids are going to save lives. Maybe they'll change everything.
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What Sayest Thou, Ulysses?
One wonders what an observer as keen as Ulysses Grant would say about our present moment. Probably not "lol, nothing matters."
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Of Mass Shootings and Disenfranchised Grief
The loved ones of the victims of mass shootings have earned the right to mourn.
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I Know...Let's Give Texas Another Block Grant!
Among its other ruinous effects, Graham-Cassidy would turn Medicaid into a slush fund for state governments. We know this because it's happe...
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It's 2017, and George W. Bush Is Still a Terrible President
Donald Trump isn’t the worst president in American history. He’s not even the worst president of this century.
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Toxic Politics Fatigue
Last year, Donald Trump ran for president. Now I'm a different person. If nothing else, the last year and a half have been a humbling lesson...
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Trump/Russia: You Won't Believe What Happens Next
How Does the US Move Past the 2016 Election?
Your Misery is the Product: The TSA and the Airline Cartel
The TSA is the enforcer for the airline industry. Proposed new security regulations will make sure you pay up.
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How Donald Trump Threatens the Delicate Calculus of Nuclear Deterrence
Every second of every day, hundreds of American servicemen and women around the world wait in readiness for a presidential order to launch a...
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The Federal Government’s Social and Economic Data Is In Danger And We Need To Save It
As a historian, I rely on federal data to help tell stories about our collective past. So I am proud to work with Data Rescue Austin (#DataR...
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The Republican Party vs. American Democracy: Only One Can Survive
The Republican Party has won for itself all three branches of national government by a combination of chicanery and sedition. They have secu...
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Trump is Bad. The Unitary Executive is Worse.
In the landmark 1974 Supreme Court case United States v. Nixon , the embattled President Nixon invoked executive privilege to stop the relea...
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Our Brittle System
When the United States elects someone mentally and morally unfit for civic leadership as its top official, it invites a reckoning about the...
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