Bio: Jonathan Weiler is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Teaching Professor of Global Studies UNC-Chapel Hill.
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After Iowa: The Challenges, Opportunities, and the Paradox Awaiting Democrats in November
“That doesn’t mean their long-term solutions are wrong. But they may be, if nothing else, victims of bad timing.” Read more
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Dispatches from Iowa: Caucus Night in Des Moines
There’s something extraordinary about what I witnessed. Read more
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Dispatches from Iowa: Sunday With Mayor Pete in the Home of the Railsplitters
A millennial in boomer clothing. Read more
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Dispatches from Iowa: Joe Biden Wants to Save the Nation’s Soul
Sounds easy enough. Read more
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Dispatches from Iowa: The Republican Running Against Trump
He’s not running to win. He’s running to make a point. Read more
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Dispatches from Iowa: Bernie or Bust
I went to a political event and a concert broke out. Or was it the other way around? Read more
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Dispatches from Iowa: Hanging Out With the Yang Gang
Andrew Yang, a self-proclaimed numbers guy, wants to give you a thousand bucks a month. Read more
Even If We Avert Disaster in November, America Is Broken
The American Dream rings increasingly hollow. Read more
In Yemen, What’s 60,000 Dead Bodies Between Friends?
American elites, whatever their intentions, display a consistent disregard for the basic sanctity of human life when other interests are at stake. Read more
In 2009, Conservatives Shouted Down Efforts to Confront Right-Wing Threats. We’re Still Dealing With the Consequences.
They worked the refs, and we’re paying the price. Read more
Yes, Trump Is a Racist. Pointing That Out Won’t Help You Beat Him.
Call Trump out not only on what he wants to put on display but also on what he’s desperate to conceal. Read more
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N.C. GOP relying on specious claims to get Medicaid bill closer to passage
Illustration by V.C. Rogers
The congressional deal to avert the fiscal cliff accomplishes very little
In Yemen, What’s 60,000 Dead Bodies Between Friends?
American elites, whatever their intentions, display a consistent disregard for the basic sanctity of human life when other interests are at stake. Read more
In 2009, Conservatives Shouted Down Efforts to Confront Right-Wing Threats. We’re Still Dealing With the Consequences.
They worked the refs, and we’re paying the price. Read more
Letters: Vegetarians Are People, Too
“I need lots of vegan food reviews to make up for this travesty.” Read more
Episode 6: Why Politics Went Off the Rails
An interview with UNC political scientists Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler on Trump, authoritarianism, and why conservatives love terrible television. Read more
Alex Boerner
Ever Wonder Why Politics Seems Broken? Two UNC Professors Have an Answer. It’s Not Reassuring.
In their new book “Prius or Pickup?” Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler explore how ingrained worldviews made our politics dysfunctional and led to Donald Trump. Read more
Trump Wants You to Be Very Afraid of a “Very Dangerous World”
This is Authoritarianism 101, folks. Read more
Photo courtesy of N.C. General Assembly
N.C. GOP relying on specious claims to get Medicaid bill closer to passage
Illustration by V.C. Rogers
The congressional deal to avert the fiscal cliff accomplishes very little
Illustration by V.C. Rogers
The devious, dishonest strategy of the National Organization for Marriage
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Jade Wilson
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Alex Boerner
Marc Hetherington (left) and Jonathan Weiler
