There are new governors in Virginia and New Jersey; a new, progressive district attorney in Philadelphia who is committed to criminal-justice reform; and a transgender woman in Virginia who beat out a 26-year incumbent for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was re-elected for…
This election season could prove that “the resistance” is really all bullshit. On Tuesday, in states like Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and on Dec. 12 in Alabama, there are big chances to begin striking back—and in a language that can scare people like White House chief of staff John Kelly, his boss,…
In political campaigns, white candidates can always find a black guy. It’s literally Campaign 101: Most successful white American candidates know that in order to show that you are an open-minded progressive candidate—or to signal that you’re a horrible racist but some black people still like you—you have to find a…
