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Kaitlin Byrd

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Kaitlin Byrd is a writer, researcher, and proud Prep for Prep alum, working in her hometown of Brooklyn. She writes and curses about politics on Twitter.

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Workers picketing with signs that say one job is not enough

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Sep 7, 2021

We’ve Forgotten the Meaning of Labor Day

Kaitlin Byrd Sep 7, 2021

The holiday weekend has come to signify the last moments of summer, and not a celebration of labor. But is that any surprise for a nation of millions trapped by their work, exhausted to the bone, trying to claw their way free?

An American flag in pieces

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Aug 17, 2021

COVID Hasn’t Changed Us Enough

Kaitlin Byrd Aug 17, 2021

The pandemic has exposed how threadbare is the fabric of our nation. Can we build back better if the systems in place have been dysfunctional from the start?

map of united states with a torn paper effect through the middle

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Jul 8, 2021

America Is at War With Itself

Kaitlin Byrd Jul 8, 2021

At 245 years old, with two civil wars behind it, and in the grips of a third, the United States is anything but. Will we ever build peace?

Image of statue of liberty on it's side and a cracked American flag.

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Feb 23, 2021

Is U.S. Democracy Past the Tipping Point?

Kaitlin Byrd Feb 23, 2021

If the insurrection asks what we’ve become as a nation, the acquittal of Trump answered it.

A collage of people holding Trump 2020 and Confederate flags.

Democracy Kaitlin Byrd Jan 19, 2021

We Permitted This Coup

Kaitlin Byrd Jan 19, 2021

Our nation has a long history of fighting against its own democracy that dates well before January 6. And that’s because we’ve enabled it.

A collage of Biden speaking, the US falling apart, and a "Stop the Steal" protest.

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Dec 16, 2020

Can America Be Governed?

Kaitlin Byrd Dec 16, 2020

The Trump administration corroded our democracy. And no matter his integrity, our President-Elect may not have the power to restore it.

A collage of a MAGA hat on the left and sunglasses are right that Biden wears

Election 2020 Kaitlin Byrd Nov 3, 2020

The Future of The American Experiment Is Here

Kaitlin Byrd Nov 3, 2020

This Election Day presents a decision we may never have the opportunity to make again, a choice between democracy and authoritarianism.

A hand making the "loser" hand sign with a Democratic sign on the left and a hand facing down making the "L" sign with a Republican sign on it.

Election 2020 Kaitlin Byrd Aug 24, 2020

The Enemy of the Enemy Isn’t Our Friend

Kaitlin Byrd Aug 24, 2020

The DNC was about unity. The RNC is about to show us why that was a mistake.

What COVID-19's ultrastructural morphology looks like covered by the American flag.

Kaitlin Byrd May 18, 2020

COVID-19 Reveals Our Crisis of Politics

Kaitlin Byrd May 18, 2020

The virus that has touched nearly every life on Earth isn't the culprit for the structural failures left in its wake. The cracks were already there.

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