David Faris
David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Indy Week.
Latest articles by David Faris
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Understanding the results of the critical Pennsylvania primaries
Speed Read Everything you need to know about Tuesday's outcomes in the Keystone State
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A final dispatch of American political decline
opinion Reflecting on 6 years of living and writing in interesting times
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Ozark finally acknowledges its victims in its brilliant final season
opinion Not since 'The Americans' has a series grappled this seriously with the lives ruined by its antiheroes
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The case for exiling Manchin and Sinema from the Democratic Party
opinion Yes, even if it means forfeiting Senate control
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Countdown to the Democrats' doomsday
opinion Can the GOP win a filibuster-proof trifecta in the next three years?
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Democrats could still win in November. No, really.
opinion Their poll numbers are awful. But there's a path to midterms victory.
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Eventually, our nuclear luck will run out
opinion Putin might not use nukes. But someday, someone will.
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Is Beijing paying attention to Russia's faceplant in Ukraine?
opinion Russia's bungled invasion should have China rethinking its reunification ambitions
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What if we'd known COVID would last 2 years?
opinion The follies and foibles of life in the pandemic
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Why the Ukraine crisis is being treated differently than Yemen or Syria
opinion Liberal internationalism gets its wake-up call
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Biden sounds a note of COVID optimism, but was it enough?
Talking Point
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Kick Russia off the U.N. Security Council!
Talking Point
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Will Putin pay for a limited war?
Talking Point
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The strategic folly of a Russian invasion of Ukraine
opinion Putin might conquer Ukraine, but he won't win this war
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The unexpectedly dark underside of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
opinion Has the show always been this grim?
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Midterms in hostile territory
opinion What 2 instructive out-party races can tell us about the 2022 elections
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What do the players really want in the MLB standoff?
opinion And are they asking for the impossible?
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Republicans' love of gerrymandering has come back to bite them
opinion A rare own-goal for the GOP
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Where the U.S. and Russia originally went wrong on Ukraine
opinion A crisis three decades in the making
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The futility of Biden's 1st year
opinion Squandered promise in a presidency that was supposed to be transformational
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Station Eleven and the sweetness of life on Earth
opinion The apocalypse show, which aired its finale Thursday, is strangely and beautifully hopeful
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15 movies to watch in 2022
opinion Lights. Mask. Popcorn. Action.
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How 2021 became a lost year for American democracy
opinion Democrats failed to coup-proof America after the Capitol riot
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5 midterm races to watch in 2022
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