Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Oct 15, 2024

Legacy Media Has Memory-Holed January 6

Allison Hantschel Oct 15, 2024

During our nation's most urgent election, the press has buried the fact that Trump goaded his minions to violently storm the Capitol and threatened to hang his VP in an effort to steal the 2020 election. But sure, let's scrutinize VP Harris's media strategy.

Explain This Lisa Needham Aug 12, 2022

The GOP Defends the Indefensible

Lisa Needham Aug 12, 2022

Republicans are running out of moves with each revelation by the DOJ, whose findings are proving that Trump is exactly who we feared: a dangerous traitor to us all.

Ginni Thomas looking sideways at the camera with glasses perched on her head, a white woman, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thoman

White Lady Nonsense Jessie Daniels Jul 28, 2022

Will Ginni Thomas Ever Be Held Accountable?

Jessie Daniels Jul 28, 2022

There is mounting evidence that Clarence Thomas's wife helped plan the events of Jan. 6. Can her privilege as a white woman married to a Black Supreme Court Justice shield her from the charges?

A photo from the Jan. 6 coup with a TV remote in front of it.

Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Jul 12, 2022

The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Not a Reality Series

Allison Hantschel Jul 12, 2022

As we watch lawmakers finally hold would-be insurrectionists to account, the news desks are pontificating on the mediagenic nature of witnesses and whether the hearings are entertaining enough to engage the American viewer.

An illustration of the White House with blue and red colors splashed all over it.

Democracy Magdi Jacobs Jan 6, 2022

Can Our Democratic Institutions Save Us From Authoritarianism?

Magdi Jacobs Jan 6, 2022

American democracy is in an undoubtedly perilous state, and the structure of our institutions seems ill-equipped to meet the challenge of protecting it.

A collage of a folder on top of other folders with photos of the Jan. 6 coup and headlines from Washington Post and New York Times.

State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Jan 4, 2022

We Are a Nation at War With Memory

Kaitlin Byrd Jan 4, 2022

There is ample footage of the January 6th Insurrection. But as we mark the first anniversary of one of the worst attacks on our democracy, we're fighting over how to document the truth of an event witnessed by the world.