Author: MassCommons

It’s the demographics, stupid. “Stupid” in this case doesn’t so much apply to Queens Congressman Joe Crowley, currently the #4 ranking Democrat in the US House of Representatives, and—with his upset...

Not only has no US president been more vulnerable—economically, socially, psychologically—to his own constituents than Donald Trump will be, there’s not even a close second. We’ve already talked about...

We’ve already started talking about how the Trump administration is going to provide a target-rich environment for all sorts of folks.  (Among the most troubling possibilities: What if terrorists decide its in their...

“I think it provides a lot of opportunities.” That’s what the rabbi (who has a long, courageous & distinguished career as a civil rights advocate) said yesterday when I asked what he thought about the US...

With Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead having blown past 2 million–and more ballots yet to count–it’s increasingly clear that the anti-democratic structures (most notably the electoral college) in the...