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Not Throwing Away Our Shot in New York City Aug. 02, 2025
By Carmen Zermeno and Tony Winders When Carmen's new role called for a trip to New York City to lead... Read More
What Is Habeas Corpus? Why Does It Matter? Jun. 30, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Trump administration floated an idea in recent weeks: suspending habeas corpus. Why? Because ove... Read More
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs for Kennedy Center Crybabies Mar. 18, 2025
WASHINGTON — Last week, audience members loudly booed Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Us... Read More
Coming to New York? Here's the Lingo You'll Need Dec. 16, 2021
New Yorkers have always had their own slang. For us, "Coffee, regular" means coffee with milk and su... Read More
What Does It Take to Remove a President? Jan. 23, 2020
I don't blame President Donald Trump for his angst and bitterness over his impeachment by the House ... Read More
Justice Kennedy v. Cicero, Jefferson, Hamilton and MLK Jul. 04, 2018
History will remember Justice Anthony Kennedy for advancing an illogical argument to deny a God-give... Read More
Prosperity Exacts a Quality-of-Life Price May. 17, 2018
It's the craziest thing. Factory towns that bled both jobs and people still have a fine housing stoc... Read More
Explore the Possibilities of Unlikely Subject Matter: An Interview With Jill Furman Oct. 10, 2017
Jill Furman has been an upstanding member of the Broadway community, with a successful run of award-... Read More
Obama Now a New Character Post-Presidency Apr. 28, 2017
He left us in the lurch. Now he's living large. Maybe he'll send a postcard from French Polynesia or... Read More
Alexander Hamilton Would Be Proud of Nevis Island Feb. 19, 2017
By Fyllis Hockman A few years ago the fact that an island was the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton w... Read More
End the Fake Filibuster Feb. 08, 2017
Tuesday, Senate Democrats lost the battle to stop President Trump's pick for secretary of education.... Read More
What Trump's Wall Says to the World Jan. 27, 2017
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall," wrote poet Robert Frost in the opening line of "Mendi... Read More
'That's What Freedom Sounds Like' Nov. 25, 2016
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing, to hasten and chasten our will to partake of turkey a... Read More
The Hilarious 'Hamilton' Hubbub Nov. 25, 2016
Vice President-elect Mike Pence was in New York during the transition, and he took his family to Bro... Read More
The Tyranny of the Broadway Bullies Nov. 23, 2016
Even though it was in midtown Manhattan and even though the people there had to pay hundreds of doll... Read More
A Besieged Trump Presidency Ahead Nov. 22, 2016
After a week managing the transition, vice president-elect Mike Pence took his family out to the Bro... Read More
As Neo-Nazis Hail Him, Trump Shrugs Nov. 22, 2016
In recent days, events have reignited the most disturbing speculation about the nature of the incomi... Read More
The Presidential Candidates We Deserve Oct. 14, 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are only an accurate reflection of our culture of vulgarity and hyp... Read More
Hip-Hop Civics, as Taught by Trump and 'Hamilton' Jun. 24, 2016
NEW YORK CITY — Race matters, but it's not all that matters. That's the lesson of "Hamilton," ... Read More
