Opinion: Why ‘Never Trump’ conservatives shouldn’t vote third party
Some right-leaning voters who oppose Donald Trump are thinking of voting neither for him nor Kamala Harris.I understand how they feel. In 2016, I published…
Opinion: How can Usha Vance stand by her husband as he fans bigotry?
I can’t get over how much I have in common with Usha Vance, wife of the Republican vice presidential candidate. We both grew up in…
Opinion: What does environmental justice look like? 20 years of struggle
Just up the road from Oakland and Berkeley, the city of Richmond is a minority and low-income community of 115,500 people — mainly Latino, Black…
Opinion: Why does Trump seem to talk like no one ever before?
Of all Donald Trump’s rhetorical predilections, one that goes largely unmentioned is his addiction to superlatives. No one has ever seen anything like virtually everything…
Opinion: Donald Trump’s politics of hate have come for Taylor Swift
Last month on Truth Social, former President Trump reposted a collage of young women wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts. Most of the images clearly looked…
Opinion: Why Kamala Harris’ rhetoric isn’t sparking political violence
Another unwell person sought to kill Donald Trump, according to the FBI and other officials. We should all be grateful that no one was hurt,…
Opinion: The GOP House earns its ‘do-nothing’ label all over again
Lucky for the Republicans who run the House, few Americans are paying attention to their antics of late, given the focus on the presidential race.…
Opinion: What the media still get wrong about Trump voters
Many factors explain why people across Western democracies vote for politicians like former President Trump, including economic concerns, rural resentment and racial animosity. Although Trump…
Opinion: Think of Donald Trump as Robin Hood in reverse. Here’s why
If Trump is elected president, he will have pulled off quite the con — Robin Hood in reverse. His economic policies call for transferring trillions…
Opinion: What’s with the silence from former Trump heavyweights?
If it’s strength they need, there’s strength in numbers.I’m referring to former officials who worked for Donald Trump, especially the national security stewards, who have…
Opinion: Trump missed the moment. But the race is still tied
For 15 minutes, everything was fine for Donald Trump. He was winning the debate, in fact. The opening questions were about the economy, cost of…
Opinion: How the candidates should answer weapons-to-Israel questions
In Kamala Harris’ first major interview as a presidential candidate, she was asked whether she would stop weapons from going to Israel because of the…
Opinion: Listen up, Kamala — let Trump beat Trump
Whatever else Kamala Harris is doing to prep for her debate with Donald Trump on Tuesday, she’s already shown that she knows how to handle…
Opinion: How to avoid AI-enhanced attempts to manipulate the election
The headlines this election cycle have been dominated by unprecedented events, among them Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, the attempt on his life, Joe Biden’s disastrous…
Opinion: Why Trump’s ‘leave it to the states’ abortion stance ties him in knots
Watching Donald Trump regularly twist himself into a pretzel to reach a politically safe position on abortion rights would be comical if the issue weren’t…
Opinion: For undecideds, will this be Kamala Harris’ Achilles’ heel?
Kamala Harris has had a strong start to her presidential campaign, but the remaining weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 election will be closely…
Opinion: Dear non-voter: Will this postcard get you to the polls?
I became a one-way pen pal for democracy in 2018, writing letters and postcards to strangers in the lead-up to that year’s midterm elections. I…
Opinion: Did actors and writers celebrate last year’s labor victory too soon?
One year ago, Hollywood greeted Labor Day with the guilds representing actors and writers on strike, as studios juggled movie release schedules and cobbled together…
Opinion: Why I’m not worried about Trump without guardrails
A favorite word Democrats use to argue against a second Trump presidency is “guardrails.” The argument goes something like this:Donald Trump didn’t know what he…
Opinion: Don’t believe Trump’s politicking about Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal
Three years ago, the U.S. military was at Kabul’s international airport frantically organizing evacuation flights out of Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in…