Robin Lindley

Jan 21, 2025 | laprogressive.com | Robin Lindley |Rob Maurer

If politicians see Trump's way will win power and keep it, that is how politics will be. We need to rethink how our politics work and the role institutions play. If politicians see Trump's way will win power and keep it, that is how politics will be. We need to rethink how our politics work and the role institutions play. November 5, 2024 will be remembered by many Americans as a date of infamy for our democratic institutions.

Aug 29, 2024 | laprogressive.com | Robin Lindley |Rob Maurer

Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. . . Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. Representative John LewisIn her engaging new memoir Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Professor Drew Gilpin Faust—the first female president of Harvard University—shares the story of the first two decades of her life.

Aug 15, 2024 | laprogressive.com | Robin Lindley |Rob Maurer

It’s hard to keep track of the momentous and dizzying historic political developments in the past few weeks. Here’s some of the significant dates:• June 27: President Joe Biden falters in televised debate with former president Donald Trump. • July 1. On the last day of its term, the rightwing US Supreme Court majority grants immunity from prosecution to presidents for most criminal conduct when performing official acts. • July 13. An assassination attempt at a campaign rally leaves Trump wounded.

Dec 11, 2023 | hnn.us | Robin Lindley

In school, most of us learned a couple of facts about America’s evolving imperial ambitions and the Spanish-American War of 1898: the sinking of the battleship Maine in Cuba, the Roughrider charge up San Juan Hill led by Teddy Roosevelt, and Commodore George Dewey’s sinking of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.  But the ensuing, bloody Philippine-American War of 1899 to 1902 is usually neglected in most standard history courses.

Jul 3, 2023 | truthdig.com | Robin Lindley