Jim Sleeper

Jim Sleeper is the author of "Liberal Racism" (1997) and "The Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York" (1990).

Rudy Giuliani
Was Rudy Giuliani drunk on election night? Maybe so — but that's not why he's dangerous Jim Sleeper
Gun Control Protest
Gun violence, neoliberalism and Citizens United: We can't change things without facing the truth Jim Sleeper
Vladimir Putin
We must defeat the enemies of democracy — but that doesn't just mean Putin Jim Sleeper
Ukraine; War; Russia
Too much reality: Putin's Ukraine invasion summons Europe's dark past Jim Sleeper
Portland; Police; Federal Officers; Tear Gas
The Rittenhouse syndrome: Has America crossed the Rubicon? Jim Sleeper
Yale-NUS college
Yale's failed Singapore venture: More American arrogance in Asia Jim Sleeper
Henry Kissinger; Charles Hill; George Schultz
What "politics" does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz's right-hand man Jim Sleeper
Like father, like son? Andrew Cuomo, Mario Cuomo and the Supreme Court seat that never was Jim Sleeper
Donald Trump
Trumpism isn't "history": But our blindness to history could lead to its comeback Jim Sleeper
Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol
Some of us saw this coming — but we were assured Donald Trump was no big deal Jim Sleeper
Jim Jordan; Donald Trump; Mitch McConnell
Are the Trumpers headed for history's dumpster? Don't count on it Jim Sleeper
Donald Trump
Corporate capital and Trump's coup: Will business elites take a stand? Jim Sleeper
A tattered American flag
Whatever happens this week, our democracy and open society are in critical condition Jim Sleeper
Donald Trump; Mitch McConnell
Will Trump blame McConnell for blocking a new stimulus? Jim Sleeper
Trump's dodgy Israel-UAE "peace deal" smells like the work of Henry Kissinger Jim Sleeper