Baer: Elections are necessary, their integrity imperative, even amid a pandemic
Voting is not the same as going to a pub or a party or even a political rally; it is not a form of recreation, it is an essential task...
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Guest Commentary: Trapped between the authoritarian spiral and the progressive paradox
America is trapped between political realities that make it nigh impossible for Trump and the Republican Party to break out of a pattern of corruption and lies and that make...
Baer: On net neutrality, the FCC didn’t just make a bad decision; it had a broken process
The Russian intervention in our election and the corruption of the FCC net neutrality comment process underscore that we must address new vulnerabilities to our democratic process in the digital...
Baer: Face forward, Democrats
One of the biggest lies of last yearās election was that we can deal with change by turning back the clock. We canāt. Here are five ways Democrats can lead...
Baer: Anti-gay violence in Chechnya exposes Putinās weakness
While Vladimir Putin plays the role of an all-powerful autocrat, the truth is that his control over what happens in Chechnya is more tenuous than he wants people to believe.