I had a disheartening conversation the other day with a young man who was distressed about our country. He was unhappy with the end of Roe v. Wade, afraid of growing violence, and worried about our ...
In the U.S. these are days of dread. The air is filled with uncertainty. What comes next? Who can tell? The states increasingly divide, signified by the gerrymandering wars. Texas redistricts to ...
“Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of.” Phil Ochs sang that back in 1965, and it’s still fairly shocking. From a modern vantage point, the idea of a single state splitting off from ...
EXCLUSIVE: Alessandro Masi’s LA-based FlexyMovies has acquired international rights to filmmaker Luis Prieto’s documentary The Disunited States Of America. The Kidnap helmer’s latest is a look inside ...
Once again, I address the issue of unity and oneness. So many resources about our oneness with each other and with the universe. In this context, I reflect on the presidency of Donald Trump. In 2016 ...
“When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another …” So begins the Declaration of Independence of the 13 ...
Regionalism and the idea of America’s fracture are having a moment. Recent book releases include many titles focusing on American divisions, including Carrie Gibson’s history of the southwestern El ...
Republicans and Democrats both claim democracy will die if they don’t win the midterms on 8 November. Each party says the other is not just defending unworkable or reprehensible ideas but is in fact ...
There is cause for alarm. An epidemiological report from Imperial College London now guiding federal policy suggests as many as 2.2 million Americans could die if the authorities and public make ...
WASHINGTON — At the outset of any war — think Pearl Harbor or the terrorist attacks of 9/11 — Americans traditionally pull together as one, erasing partisan and regional divides. Our war with the ...