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Articles by Matthew Heidtmann
Perspective | Even without a transformative agenda, President-elect Biden can tackle covid-19
As the global covid-19 pandemic enters another phase, we are once again reminded of how unprepared and wholly inadequate our political institutions are for dealing with large-scale public health emergencies. The United States leads the world in most confirmed covid-19 cases and has the highest proportional mortality rate.
Howard Zinn Was Right: We Need To Stop Obsessing Over The Supreme Court
by Matthew M. Heidtmann / October 12th, 2020 The death of Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a gaping hole on America’s highest court. The question over her replacement has quickly become a hotly contested issue which will define the coming weeks and perhaps even months. Mere days after Ginsburg’s death, Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit with a conservative track record.
Democrats Should Abandon the Third-Party “Spoiler” Argument
History and polling data show third-party candidates have rarely spoiled presidential elections for Democrats. By Matthew M. Heidtmann , Truthout Published November 9, 2019 History and polling data show third-party candidates have rarely spoiled presidential elections for Democrats. Hill Street Studios via Getty Images With the 2020 presidential primaries in full swing, a common narrative in U.S. politics has resurfaced.
Why Making Young School Children Observe Veterans Day Is Problematic
by Matthew M. Heidtmann / October 30th, 2019 Summary: Encouraging elementary school children to honor and glorify the military without a deeper understanding of militarism and war is simply indoctrination. As we approach Veterans Day in the United States, many schools across the country will engage in some sort of activities or ceremonies to commemorate this holiday and those to whom it is dedicated.
AMLO in office: from megaprojects to militarization
Many on the left, both in Mexico and abroad, welcomed the new president of Mexico, hoping that his progressive rhetoric of a “fourth transformation” augured a new era of positive change in Mexico. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) even convinced a number of Indigenous resistance groups that his administration would be favorable to their struggles against the neoliberal extractivist megaprojects that are devastating their lands.
The hidden agenda behind corporate-led reforms
American corporations have long played a distinctive role in public debates about reform policies to address inequality. Contrary to popular belief, progress reform in American history, especially during the tumultuous and transformative late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, has often occurred at the behest of the corporate class, and not necessarily in opposition to their own interests.
Perspective | Progressives, beware centrists’ attempts to co-opt your platform
As the field of early Democratic contenders for the 2020 presidential elections takes shape, debates over the party’s direction have become hotly contested. Will it move to the center to appeal to moderates or shift to the left to give voice to grass-roots populists?
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