The Return of the Imperial Presidency
I wrote a piece on the ugly past and dangerous future of executive authoritarianism for the Washington Post.
JLowndes
Reconstruction/Redemption: Democracy, Civility, and the Tennessee Three
If we have been in the midst of a Third Reconstruction, as historian Peniel Joseph has argued, then the expulsion today of two Black lawmakers from the Tennessee state legislature is an attempt at a Third Redemption. A Republican supermajority expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers from their seats for joining a protest calling for action on … Read more
Reconstruction/Redemption: Democracy, Civility, and the Tennessee Three
If we have been in the midst of a Third Reconstruction, as historian Peniel Joseph has argued, then the expulsion today of two Black lawmakers from the Tennessee state legislature is an attempt at a Third Redemption. A Republican supermajority expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers from their seats for joining a protest calling for action … Read more
Republicans are trying to build a multiracial right – will it work?
The Conversation
Article by Joseph Lowndes and Daniel Martinez HoSang Former Republican South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley launched her bid for president recently in a video that began by describing the racial division that marked her small hometown of Bamberg, South Carolina. Meanwhile, another presumptive GOP candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has continued his crusade … Read more
