Florida has a new addition to the long, absurd list of topics it considers too “woke” to tolerate: math textbooks. When vetting math books for K–12 classes, the state education commissioner rejected 41 percent of submissions because of “references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning […]
Author: Abigail Weinberg
The House Passed It, Americans Want It: Why Is Legal Weed Still a Long Shot?
Most Americans think it’s time to legalize weed. A whopping 91 percent of our Republic says that marijuana should be allowed for medical use, according to the Pew Research Center, and nearly two thirds support legalizing it recreationally, as well. Recreational weed is already legal in 18 states, and decriminalized in 13 more. It seems […]
Ted Cruz’s Efforts to Keep Trump in Office Went Far Deeper Than We Knew
Ted Cruz knows a thing or two about the Constitution—or at least he should. After attending Harvard Law School, the Texas senator once clerked for US Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, advised George W. Bush’s presidential campaign, and served as Texas’ solicitor general. But none of that extensive legal experience stopped him from apparently attempting […]
Can Congress Stop Louis DeJoy’s Plan to Buy a Fleet of Gas-Guzzling Trucks?
As postmaster general, Louis DeJoy has been mired in controversy. Appointed in May 2020 after making massive donations to Donald Trump, DeJoy has sought to implement a plan of austerity to the United States Postal Service. Ahead of the 2020 election, during which a record number of Americans voted by mail, DeJoy took a number […]
Biden’s Fresh Pitch for Prosperity: Fund My Agenda, Dammit
As I described earlier this evening, the first section of President Joe Biden’s speech tonight, in which he forcefully rebuked Vladimir Putin, generated some bipartisan support from a bitterly divided Congress. But as Biden moved to his domestic agenda, the chamber’s unusual unity began to splinter, sparking the kinds of raucous murmurings that are now […]
Biden Rallies Congress With a Furious Rebuke of Putin in His First State of the Union
President Biden forcefully denounced Vladimir Putin during his first State of the Union address, outlining further steps to damage the Russian economy and declaring that, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the European Union this week, “Light will win over darkness.” “Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the […]
Biden Announces Sanctions on Russia
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of eastern Ukraine as sovereign territories, increasing the likelihood of a war and prompting swift action from the United States. In a brief speech at the White House this afternoon, President Biden responded by announcing harsh economic sanctions against Russia, targeting banks and elite individuals. “Who in […]
The Big Lie Is Tearing Wisconsin’s GOP Apart
Even if most Republicans still think Donald Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential race, they seem, by and large, to accept that President Biden is now in office—or at least that their opportunity to decertify the election is long past. Not so in Wisconsin, where some Republicans’ obsession with overturning the 2020 […]
Here Are the Things Ron DeSantis Thinks Are “Woke”
Big Tech? Woke. Infrastructure spending? Woke. Academia? Definitely woke. The word that was once a rallying cry for Black Americans to stay alert to racial injustices has been coopted by the conservative right to denounce any educational, cultural, or policy position that attempts to reckon with our nation’s racist history. People appropriate the language of […]
Rock Stars Continue to Unplug From Spotify Over Covid Misinformation
The Neil Young-inspired exodus from Spotify continues apace. Last week, the Canadian rock star pulled his music from the streaming service, citing Spotify’s willingness to let mega-popular podcast host Joe Rogan push misinformation on his show about Covid vaccines. Since Wednesday, Young has been joined by two other musical luminaries: fellow Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and […]