Anytime Democrats or Republicans get whupped in a big national election, the pundits and chattering classes inevitably pose some existential questions: What went wrong? Does the party have a future? What is it? The 2016 presidential campaign was so ugly that reporters and TV talking heads are autopsying both parties. But there’s a different, practical […]
Donald Trump
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After Trump’s ‘triumph’: warnings and lessons
The future of the country hangs on what we learn from this election, and how we act on what we learn.
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Working together to survive Trump
Many opportunities exist locally for people to keep the work going to advance progressive causes.
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GALLERY: ‘Not My America’ rally at the University of Rochester
A “Not My America” rally was held in the University of Rochester’s Eastman Quadrangle on Friday, bringing several hundred people out to protest against the election of Donald Trump and his history of racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and homophobic remarks and practices. Following opening remarks commemorating veterans (the rally was held on Veterans Day), a moment […]
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Looking for leadership for our next four years
Political leaders will have to be involved in our healing, and what I’ve seen from some of them recently isn’t encouraging.
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Hillary Clinton for president
What we do on November 8 will speak volumes, to us, and to the world, about who we are as Americans and the principles we believe in.
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This divided nation
As scary as the prospect of a Trump presidency is, a Clinton presidency won’t heal the divisions in this country.
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Poison rhetoric trickles down
In Donald Trump, America has a presidential candidate who’s called Mexican immigrants rapists who bring drugs and crime into the country. He talks about Islam only in the context of terrorism. And he once said that Muslim refugees or immigrants should be blocked from entering the US; now he says that they should undergo “extreme […]
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Trump’s assault ‘banter’: democracy’s latest hit
We’ve moved way beyond Trump calling women ‘pigs’ and ridiculing their looks. Now we’ve heard him brag about his sexual-assault prowess.
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Cuomo and corruption, Trump and the debate
There’s no question that there’s a stench about Cuomo’s entire Upstate economic development program now. And about Cuomo himself.
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Hillary got pneumonia. Me, too! Me, too!
There are plenty of legitimate reasons – behavioral issues, policy issues – to criticize Clinton. But being reluctant to say you have pneumonia?
