Opinion · 117th Congress
Congressional Black Caucus: 50 years as the conscience of Congress and the country
Mitchell, D-Md., Robert N. C. Nix Sr., D-Pa., Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., and Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, and Del. Walter E. Fauntroy, D-D.C.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Statues come down, while barriers to truth are erected
In a Texas school, a white teacher gave white students permission to use the “N-word.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
My uphill battle not to worry about our democracy
[jwp-video n=”1″] In December, 126 House Republicans, including leaders Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise, joined a federal lawsuit attempting to overturn Biden’s victory in four pivotal states
Opinion · 117th Congress
Is the era of small government over?
[jwp-video n=”1″] In polling conducted during 2007 and 2008, after almost eight years of George W.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Independents will decide when Biden’s honeymoon is over
[jwp-video n=”1″] Still hopeful So Wednesday’s address to Congress has a lot riding on it, but Biden can take some comfort that, at this stage of a presidency, people are still willing to listen
Opinion · 117th Congress
How the German model can help us build a better filibuster
[jwp-video n=”1″] Of course, there are significant differences between the U.S. and German democratic systems.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Prejudice against Asian Americans is real and it’s ugly
[jwp-video n=”1″] I felt guilty — and surprised — by my initial reaction to people who called. My response probably baffled them. I sounded angry, and I definitely was.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why Congress must pass HR 1 and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
[jwp-video n=”1″] Sylvia Albert is the director of voting and elections at Common Cause, which has been holding power accountable through lobbying, litigation and grassroots organizing since
Opinion · 117th Congress
Reconciliation, corrupted by Congress: May it R.I.P.
[jwp-video n=”1″] In 1981, the new Reagan administration and the Republican-controlled Senate spearheaded what would become the avant-garde reconciliation process that would remain for the rest
Opinion · 117th Congress
Note to Joe Biden: Unity is more than just words
[jwp-video n=”1″] Base first So far, his support for unity has been more rhetorical than substantive.
Opinion · 117th Congress
My family is from Chennai. Here’s what Kamala Harris means to me
[jwp-video n=”1″] It resonates because I grew up first speaking Tamil, and later learned English in preschool. It resonates because I had my own aunt Kamala, who died a few years ago.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Let’s not forget the staffers
[jwp-video n=”1″] Watching the place that I called home for so many years desecrated as it was last week, I could not help but think of the personal office staff, committee staff, the cafeteria
Opinion · 117th Congress
Securing the Capitol shouldn’t mean it becomes a fortress
[jwp-video n=”1″] Will the Capitol start to look like the fenced-off White House? A temporary barrier has already been erected. What if it stays there for good?
Opinion · 117th Congress
Errant Republicans must loudly hail Biden’s legitimacy
[jwp-video n=”1″] Some of these private reassessments have been prompted by the crassest reason imaginable — the growing corporate move to cut off PAC support for the 147 senators and House
Opinion · 117th Congress
2020 was no fluke for congressional Republicans, no matter the Georgia runoff results
[jwp-video n=”1″] In 2016, voters identified as conservatives over liberals by a 9-point margin; but in November, that edge for conservatives jumped to 15 points.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Four decades and counting — the GOP’s shift to the right is bigger than the Democrats’ shift left
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Rothenberg’s best and worst of 2020
[jwp-video n=”1″] Sycophant of the year Nominees: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey GrahamGeorgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly LoefflerOhio Rep. Jim JordanFlorida Rep.
Opinion · 116th Congress
All media properties self-censor, social media can too
[jwp-video n=”1″] Said Dorsey: “I also believe that having more choice around how algorithms are altering my experience, in creating my experience, is important, so being able to turn off ranking
Opinion · 116th Congress
A country in a whole lot of trouble
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Next America Many have offered explanations, but I’m sticking with what Paul Taylor wrote in his revised (2016) paperback edition of “The Next America: Boomers, Millennials