David M. Perry

@Lollardfish

David M. Perry is a journalist and historian. He is a coauthor of The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe. His website is davidmperry.com.

Ilhan Omar Rally On The Hill

This Is Not How You Show Solidarity This Is Not How You Show Solidarity

Ilhan Omar’s commitment to principle is one of her great strengths, but declining to recognize the Armenian genocide is an unforced error.

Oct 31, 2019 / David M. Perry

Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room

Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room

The Minnesota representative is bringing an organizer’s mind-set to Congress.

Oct 15, 2019 / Feature / David M. Perry

Utah Medicaid

Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer

Utah voters approved Medicaid expansion. Why hasn’t it been implemented?

Aug 21, 2019 / David M. Perry

Democracy Spring

The United States Is a Progressive Nation With a Democracy Problem The United States Is a Progressive Nation With a Democracy Problem

Voter suppression contributes to the myth that America is made up of centrists.

Feb 6, 2019 / David M. Perry

Trump Campaign

How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain? How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain?

The drive to pathologize Trump isn’t going away, and neither, alas, is he.

Feb 13, 2018 / David M. Perry

Ohio abortion-rights activists

Republicans Are Using Fear of Eugenics to Attack Reproductive Rights Republicans Are Using Fear of Eugenics to Attack Reproductive Rights

Cute kids with Down syndrome, like my son, should never be an excuse to deny access to an abortion.

Jan 4, 2018 / David M. Perry

Oklahoma state Capitol protests

States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents

Individuals with disabilities helped saved Medicaid at the federal level. Now states are abandoning them.

Nov 14, 2017 / David M. Perry

Texas church shooting

It’s the Guns. It’s Always Been the Guns. It’s the Guns. It’s Always Been the Guns.

Trump and the GOP blame mental illness for the Texas massacre. That’s a destructive lie.

Nov 6, 2017 / David M. Perry

Anti-Police Brutality Protest

4 Disabled People Dead in Another Week of Police Brutality 4 Disabled People Dead in Another Week of Police Brutality

Police don’t need better training; they need to stop treating noncompliance as justification for violence.

Sep 22, 2017 / David M. Perry

Body autonomy

My Body, My Choice: Why the Principle of Bodily Autonomy Can Unite the Left My Body, My Choice: Why the Principle of Bodily Autonomy Can Unite the Left

From disability rights to Black Lives Matter to the environmental movement, bodily autonomy can bring together disparate strands of the American left.

Sep 13, 2017 / David M. Perry

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