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Books and IdeasFebruary 27, 2020
The Chicago Police Department’s History of Torture
Laurence Ralph’s The Torture Letters recounts an extensive history of police abuse and violence in the CPD.
Ed Burmila
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PoliticsJanuary 27, 2020
Beating Trump Is the Goal. What if Joe Rogan Fans Will Help?
Much of the criticism of Sanders for accepting the endorsement rewrites the past and present of Democratic Party electoral politics.
Ed Burmila
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Racism and DiscriminationAugust 19, 2019
White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion
An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.
Ed Burmila
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Campaigns and ElectionsJune 14, 2019
Is Andrew Yang Serious or Kidding? It’s Dangerous Either Way.
Blurring the lines between sincerity and irony in a presidential campaign is hazardous when the consequences are so real.
Ed Burmila
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Campaigns and ElectionsMay 16, 2019
Empty Calls for Bipartisanship Could Doom Us All
Democrats may get one more chance to govern before a competent authoritarian emerges on the right. We can’t waste that opportunity.
Ed Burmila
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CongressNovember 13, 2018
The Democratic House Must Prioritize Protecting the 2020 Census
An inaccurate count disproportionately harms the young, the elderly, and people of color.
Ed Burmila
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Police and Law EnforcementOctober 12, 2018
Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago?
When there is the will to seriously prosecute an officer, the public can hold the police accountable.
Ed Burmila
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CongressJuly 24, 2018
The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job
It’s much easier to let judges and appointees do the unpopular work of stripping workers of their rights, outlawing abortion, and running the administrative state into the ground.
Ed Burmila
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TelevisionMay 30, 2018
Roseanne Tried to Use ‘Roseanne’ to Prove that Trump Voters Aren’t Racist. There Was Just 1 Problem.
The media want to depict Trump supporters sympathetically, but the actual beliefs of many of them make that impossible.
Ed Burmila
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Racism and DiscriminationApril 6, 2018
Scientific Racism Isn’t ‘Back’—It Never Went Away
In the age of Trump, believers of the once-popular tenets of scientific racism are feeling emboldened.
Ed Burmila