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People For's opposition letter to the nomination of Anna St. John to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Op-Ed 08/04/2026 by Marge Baker On behalf of our hundreds of thousands of supporters and activists nationwide, People For the American Way …

Trump Wants an Attorney General Loyal to Him — Not the Law From the January 6 slush fund to the Epstein files, Todd Blanche's record suggests he’d serve Trump, not the public. Op-Ed 07/24/2026 by Paul Gordon It’s summer in Washington, D.C., but members of …

Three changes that could restore the Supreme Court’s independence First published in The Hill.  Op-Ed 07/20/2026 by Svante Myrick It’s a strange feeling to experience tremendous relief and great alarm at the same time.  That’s how I felt about the Supreme …

The Blanche test is a red alert moment for the rule of law First published in The Hill.  Op-Ed 07/13/2026 by Svante Myrick The  nomination of  President Trump’s personal fixer and enforcer Todd Blanche to be U.S. attorney general feels like an existential …

The history and hope of Juneteenth persist, despite the right’s best efforts First published in The Hill.  Op-Ed 07/06/2026 by Svante Myrick Millions of Americans celebrated Juneteenth on Friday,  commemorating  the arrival of federal troops in Galveston, …

Trump should take a page from the UFC rulebook on fair fights First published in The Hill.  Op-Ed 06/29/2026 by Svante Myrick I am a fight fan and a progressive. There are lots of us!  As a child, I read about Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali. I can quote …

Trump’s MAGA mess is not the 250th birthday America deserves First published in The Hill.  Op-Ed 06/22/2026 by Svante Myrick Most people have probably experienced the disappointment of getting a birthday present that wasn’t a good fit or didn’t reflect …

Republican officials reek with the stench of Trump’s corruption First published in The Hill.  Op-Ed 06/15/2026 by Svante Myrick “Welcome to the Golden Age!” says a banner on the White House  website .  Maybe it’s golden for Trump and his family, who’ve …

Marco Rubio’s next shapeshift could betray MAGA or his own rhetoric Op-Ed 06/02/2026 by Svante Myrick Secretary of State Marco Rubio is one of the great chameleons of American politics. Although he’s not the only Republican to undertake a personal …

God won’t save this Supreme Court: That job belongs to all of us Op-Ed 05/25/2026 by Svante Myrick The current Supreme Court, more precisely the right-wing court majority solidified with three Donald Trump justices, is failing Americans in catastrophic …