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From my latest for the Globe and Mail: The 2000 race led to the phrase “red states and blue states”. Republican red states are usually in the middle, while Democratic blue states tend to be on the coasts. After 2008, … Continue reading →

As I posted on Twitter earlier today, the best advice I’ve seen on dealing with Twitter trolls comes from the 11th century Sufi philosopher al-Ghazali and his text “Ayyuha l’Walad”. Al-Ghazali anticipated our social media problems by 1000 years. By … Continue reading →

Last week the Polish news outlet Onet.pl did a long Q & A with me about the  US election, its relevance for Poland, and its relevance for Polish-Americans. A Polish-language excerpt of our conversation is up now on the website. This … Continue reading →

For Quartz, I wrote about the sexism that Hillary Clinton has faced throughout her career, and the economic barriers that prevent young aspiring female politicians from emulating her path: Like all women of her generation, Hillary faced formidable sexism, fighting … Continue reading →

My latest is for Foreign Policy: Imagine that you’re twenty years old. You were born in 1996. You were five years old on 9/11. For as long as you can remember, the United States has been at war. When you … Continue reading →

My heart goes out to the victims of the Orlando shooting. I hope people in the area continue to donate blood and that people nationwide give money and support to local organizations working to protect LGBT rights. For the Globe … Continue reading →

For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about how, if elected, Trump will outsource the day-to-day work of the presidency to the VP — most likely to be Newt Gingrich: Donald Trump’s top adviser, Paul Manafort, recently reflected on the … Continue reading →

Since March, I’ve been covering the 2016 presidential election for a variety of outlets. The most salient pieces are probably these three for Foreign Policy and Quartz, because many of the predictions in them came true within weeks: Welcome to … Continue reading →

For Quartz, I wrote about how Americans who kill young black men not only often go unpunished — their murder is financially rewarded: “The Ferguson Effect” is a term used by some politicians and pundits to describe a link between … Continue reading →

For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about fractures in the Democratic Party and a disturbing racial divide in the Sanders-Clinton race: Mr. Sanders did not create the antipathy toward the Democratic Party, but he reflects it and capitalizes on … Continue reading →