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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

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Mitch McConnell’s lamentable legacy

As Michael Tackett implies in his new book, “The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party,” he...

17.11.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

What Trump has actually done for Black Americans

Trump’s botched response to the pandemic fell disproportionately on Black Americans.

03.11.2024 9

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Harris must personalize her economic message

Harris cannot rely on facts, statistics or detailed policy pronouncements.

13.10.2024 30

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Trump’s obsession with Harris’s IQ is telling

Trump’s public statements have also become increasingly incoherent.

06.10.2024 100

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Donald Trump pals around with some truly awful people

It seems reasonable to conclude that Ye, Fuentes, Loomer, Robinson and Vance are Donald Trump’s kind of guys.

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Most Americans support these 3 initiatives to prevent school shootings

K-12 school shootings occur far more frequently in the U.S. than in any other country.

15.09.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump will say anything about abortion to get elected

Trump knows that a substantial majority of Americans strongly oppose the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

08.09.2024 7

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Will RFK Jr. give Trump a shot in the arm?

Kennedy and Trump differ on many issues, but they have well-deserved reputations as peddlers of false and dangerous allegations about the safety and...

01.09.2024 10

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Are Republicans or Democrats more committed to reducing child poverty?

More often than not, congressional Republicans have opposed child tax credit increases, while Democrats have made sizable child tax credits a high...

25.08.2024 10

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On Gaza, Harris has learned the lessons of 1968

The challenge for Harris involves combining full-throated support for Israel’s right to defend itself with signals that she will do more than...

04.08.2024 10

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Trump’s election lies must be refuted every time he repeats them 

Donald Trump has made over 800 false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, and his lies have undermined faith in free and fair elections...

28.07.2024 40

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How to stop autocracies from ganging up on democracies

Autocrats and dictators share the same goals. And they are collaborating to achieve these goals.

21.07.2024 10

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Why NYC’s congestion pricing plan is stuck in traffic

New York’s congestion pricing plan is a textbook example of the perennial conflict between good policies and good politics.

14.07.2024 9

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Why NYC’s congestion pricing plan is stuck in traffic

New York’s congestion pricing plan is a textbook example of the perennial conflict between good policies and good politics.

14.07.2024 7

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

The demonization of Dr. Fauci

The demonization of Anthony Fauci suggests that partisan polarization, contempt for expertise, coarseness, cruelty and a cultish propensity for...

07.07.2024 10

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Thou shalt not require the Ten Commandments to be posted in public schools

As supporters of HB 71 know, more than 40 years ago, in Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court declared that a Kentucky statute nearly identical to theirs...

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Affordable health care is on the ballot in November

President Biden has made accessible, affordable, higher quality health care one of his top priorities.

23.06.2024 10

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Trump’s plans for a vengeance-filled second term

Revenge breeds revenge, often accompanied by vigilante violence.

16.06.2024 30

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How to fix our faltering public schools

Americans, alas, do not agree about the causes of, let alone the cures for, the crisis in public education.

09.06.2024 9

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Kissing the ring: The Republicans who loathe Trump but are still voting for him

Issued perhaps to ensure that they have a future in the Republican Party, their tepid support flies in the face of the compelling cases each of them...

02.06.2024 20

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Maydays in May: 3 American distress signals

This month, several incidents reveal that American ships of state have lost their way and more frequent and forceful distress calls should be issued...

26.05.2024 40

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The hypocrisy behind the GOP’s war on antisemitism

Republicans’ partisan weaponization of antisemitism has not diminished their toleration of anti-Jewish dog whistlers in their own ranks.

19.05.2024 50

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Trump is riding an imaginary crime wave

A huge spike in crime, including a whopping 29 percent surge in murders, occurred during the pandemic in 2020 while Trump was president.

12.05.2024 60

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How using ‘high dominance’ rhetoric can help Biden beat Trump

Republicans play to win, while the Democrats play not to lose.

05.05.2024 90

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This obscure procedure can restore majority rule in the House of Representatives

Reforms to enhance democracy in the House should begin with greater use of discharge petitions.

28.04.2024 30

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What Trump’s abortion flip-flops reveal

He is willing to say and do just about anything to get elected.

21.04.2024 10

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A glimmer of hope for Gaza

Netanyahu’s claims that elections will prevent Israel from defeating Hamas, set back negotiations to release hostages and further polarize society...

14.04.2024 10

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The judges who threw Trump a lifeline are the kind of people he usually loves to hate

Trump has not mentioned that all five New York appellate justices were appointed by Democratic governors.

07.04.2024 6

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Lessons from the National Association of Realtors settlement for the 2024 election

You can’t make music if you don’t blow your own horn.

31.03.2024 8

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Trump’s TikTok Tics

Trump’s TikTok Tics — repetition, self-absorption, incoherence, indifference to the truth — were on display in his recent interview with Andrew...

24.03.2024 10

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What if Trump does what he’s saying he’ll do?

Here are the real-world implications for a few of Trump’s tough-guy campaign promises.

17.03.2024 20

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America should learn from France’s protection of abortion rights

Despite initiatives around the country to exempt in vitro fertilization from grants of legal personhood, the Alabama Supreme Court decision is not...

05.03.2024 30

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Deliver us from America’s huckster-in-chief

Evidence of Donald Trump’s grifts — great and grotesque — is difficult to miss.

03.03.2024 8

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Even in recess, House GOP priorities are all screwed up

During the two-week recess, GOP leaders doubled down on another baseless, pointless, partisan witch hunt and made no visible progress on averting a...

25.02.2024 30

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The stakes in Ukraine are too high for the House GOP’s partisan nonsense

The puppet-master here is of course former President Trump, who opposes any military assistance to Ukraine and pressured congressional Republicans to...

14.02.2024 20

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Let’s listen to what Trump is saying about how he’d govern

Trump seems more interested in returning to the White House, staying out of jail and punishing his enemies than improving the lives of his fellow...

11.02.2024 30

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RFK Jr. has a lot of explaining to do

It’s time to lift the curtain on a campaign based on false, irresponsible and self-contradictory claims.

04.02.2024 80

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Amend the Constitution to guarantee Americans the right to vote

In the new book “A Real Right to Vote,” Richard Hasen makes a compelling case for a constitutional amendment that protects and promotes the right...

28.01.2024 30

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Is it too late to end America’s ‘democratic recession’?

Nobel Laureate Maria Resa recently predicted that by the end of 2024,  “we will know whether democracy lives or dies.”

14.01.2024 10

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House Republicans prefer political theater to passing laws

2023 was the most unproductive session for the U.S. Congress in at least 50 years.

07.01.2024 30

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Six Americans who left lasting legacies in 2023

Remembering their compassion, convictions and courage reminds us that self-absorbed, self-interested cynics need not dominate our public life.

31.12.2023 6

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

The elephant in the Giuliani defamation courtroom

A jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million for defaming Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two poll workers in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2020.

24.12.2023 30

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No, expelling George Santos didn’t set a bad precedent

It was the best option for his constituents, the House of Representatives and the country.

10.12.2023 10

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Tommy Tuberville and the future of the single senator veto

Unanimous consent, holds and filibusters thwart the will of the majority, increase partisan polarization, decrease the ability of the Senate to do its...

03.12.2023 10

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