I’m keenly interested in learning more about what drives people to vote — namely, so we all can do more of that to drive what I hope is historic turnout in November. As I was reading this weekend, I came… Read More ›
Explainers
The Week’s Best Cartoons 5/2
Editorial cartoonists appear to be one of the last groups of people who speak out and say exactly what’s happening. They reveal what’s really going on behind all the pomp and circumstance in front of cameras and reporters, and entertain… Read More ›
Election 2020: It’s About Control
Social media is aflutter with declarations of what will happen in 2020. Yesterday, there seemed to be so much chatter about how “of course” Trump would lose. Such as: Look at how unpopular he is. How could anyone vote for… Read More ›
Will Justin Amash Spoil the 2020 Presidential Race?
Once again, we have someone who is angling to be the 3rd party spoiler for this presidential election. Enter Justin Amash. Amash is a 5-term Tea Party Republican who became well known last year when he changed his party affiliation… Read More ›
Scanning Headlines is Common, But Has Its Dangers
We’re all busy, and sometimes we scan through headlines just to get a sense of what the news of the day is. But this can lead us to start believing things that aren’t true. Take this headline, for example. What… Read More ›
Complications with Voting By Mail Start to Mount
Voting from the safety of your own home during a pandemic seems like a simple solution, doesn’t it? On the face of it, yes, but in practice, a whole mess of problems are emerging. Take Oklahoma, for example. Oklahoma law… Read More ›
Checking In On the 8 States That Just Expanded Voting by Mail
With two-thirds of Americans supporting an expansion of voting by mail this election year, it’s great to see election boards move swiftly to accommodate the surging interest in voting safely from home. 34 states already allow their voters to vote… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/25
Who will speak up and say that the emperor has no clothes on? Editorial cartoonists appear to be one of the last groups of people who can say exactly what’s happening. They reveal what’s really going on behind all… Read More ›
The 1 Time When It’s Ok to Share a Political Poll
Polls. Do you love them or hate them? Clearly, they’re very popular because you see them all over social media. Any time we see a poll that tells us what we want to see, we’re likely to give it a… Read More ›
How to Get Republicans to Embrace Voting By Mail
We all know that voting by mail is the safest way to vote while in the middle of the pandemic, but in the right wing news media we see Republicans and pundits decrying that it is all a big Democratic… Read More ›
We Need to Talk about the Second Wave
There is a second wave coming, and I don’t think it’s being talked about nearly enough. Not the next BlueWave, which we definitely want, but the second wave of COVID-19. Scientists and health officials have been reviewing information from the… Read More ›
Can Congress Force Trump to Pay the WHO?
It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it is deadly serious. Last week, Trump declared that he was going to pull funding from the WHO, the World Health Organization. The WHO is an agency of the United Nations,… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/18
Here are the best editorial cartoons covering this past week’s news, from some of the most talented cartoonists working today. Click on their name to see more of their work. Stimulus Check By John Cole, The Times-Tribune … Read More ›
A Fully Blue Virginia Just Massively Expanded Voting Rights
Oh, the power of voting locally. Since the 2016 election, left-leaning voters in Virginia have been fired up, and have been winning state legislative (and executive) seats. They made huge gains in 2017 and then finally flipped both chambers of… Read More ›
How Many People Have Returned the 2020 Census So Far?
The government spends years preparing to take the census every decade. So how are we doing thus far, especially considering we’re in the middle of a pandemic? The U.S. Census Bureau has suspended sending people to homes to follow up… Read More ›
How to Find Your Congressperson’s Virtual Event
Congress may be in recess but that doesn’t mean our representatives aren’t working. Many are in their home states right now even though Congress is still in session. They are attending meetings (via Zoom, like the rest of us),… Read More ›
The Post Office is in Trouble. Here’s How to Help.
Is the U.S. Post Office, enshrined in the Constitution, really about to go bust? The Post Office is in financial dire straits, yes. It is also true that they’ve been under tremendous financial strain before and received help from Congress…. Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/11
Editorial cartoonists don’t just capture the news, they express an opinion about what’s happening. These are the cartoons that really stood out to me this week. Let me know which ones grab you the most! Failed Leadership By… Read More ›
Voting By Mail is Not New or Uncommon. Not By a Long Shot.
Oh, the GOP can be so predictable. They’ve made it very clear that they suppress the vote because lower turnout helps ensure that Republicans win. They have enacted thousands of voter suppression tactics all over the country and then turn… Read More ›
Is the Wisconsin Election an Omen of Things to Come?
I have to be honest. I’m really, really angry about what’s happening in Wisconsin. I’m only going to briefly get into it in this post but I want to talk about it because I think it serves as an important… Read More ›
