Maya Wiley

@mayawiley

Our democratic institutions are flawed but in dire need of defense against the right’s racist and antisemitic threats.

The January 6 committee’s damning final report makes clear that the former president sought to steal the 2020 election by force. Will Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice take the baton?

Most people want a just society. We just have to find a way to make more moderate and swing voters care about the price of liberty along with the price of gas.

Clarence Thomas sat silent for years before he said a word. The court’s newest justice came out swinging at her first hearing.

The Florida judge’s concern for 45’s reputation is not only laughable but flies in the face of constitutional law.

Crime is real. Democrats should work to fight it. But caving in to fearmongering from the right isn’t the way to do it.

A prosecutor in the state may bring Donald Trump to account. At the same time, state Republicans are trying to rig this year’s elections.

The white Highland Park shooter was ruined by weed and women. But the Black victim of police violence in Akron? Well, he must have been dangerous.

Yes, the main job is to tie Trump to the sedition we saw that day. But let’s not forget the emotion that drove so much of it.

Biden’s executive order on policing may apply only to federal agents, but until legislation can be passed, it still matters.

Yes, we haven’t gotten all we want. But we have to let people know that the only way to get more is to vote.

The Insurrection Act was written and amended to protect law and order. Trumpworld tried to use it to subvert law and order—and will do so again.

Justice Jackson is well within the judicial and political mainstream. It’s Mitch McConnell, with his ruthless tactics, who is the extremist.

Hate crimes of all kinds, and against all kinds of people, are still far too prevalent in American society. And they are massively underreported.

The Missouri Republican is planning on attacking Biden’s Supreme Court nominee at her hearing this week. It’s petty—but for larger reasons, it’s also tragic.

Sure, it’s ideology to some extent. But she’s impeccably qualified for a Supreme Court seat. Gee, what else could it be?

He’s losing everywhere, with more probably on the way. It may not be enough to hurt the Republicans this fall. But 2024 could be another matter.

And it should probably be Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is far more qualified than Clarence Thomas was when he was nominated. It’s time to fight.

Most people don’t know it, but there’s a long history in this country of noncitizen voting. Even the Confederacy embraced it.

Yes, the president has the barest majorities in Congress. But he could still be out there pushing Build Back Better a lot harder than he is.