Tag: democrats
Silencing dissent: the dangerous precedent set by Tennessee’s partisan expulsions
April 10, 2023 | Post
In a troubling display of political retribution, two Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee, Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson, were recently expelled by the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee House for violating decorum rules. Their transgression? Participating in a protest on the House floor advocating for gun control in the wake of a tragic school shooting in Nashville. This vote marked the first time in Tennessee’s history that expulsion has been wielded as a partisan weapon against lawmakers on the other side of the aisle.
For a freer future, we must move beyond the culture war
October 6, 2022 | Post
In the hyperpartisan culture war, increasingly radical and uncompromising political factions seek to leverage division to cement their own power
A paradox in the theory of democracy
February 9, 2017 | Post
It is not easy being a committed democrat when your side loses an election.
Identity politics elected Trump
December 1, 2016 | Post
While many did not predict the outcome of this election, everyone knew one thing: half of the country would be devastated.
After the last debate, Iām convinced America needs to reform the two-party system
October 11, 2016 | Post
The Democrats and Republicans have largely been the only two choices in presidential and congressional elections since the Civil War. It’s for that to change.