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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Biden fails to outline a path out of the pandemic
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Biden is bungling the pandemic response
opinion Time for the president to start firing people
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The FDA's child vaccine timeline is putting millions at risk
opinion Families with young kids remain in pandemic purgatory as the government dithers
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Biden needs to get more aggressive about Delta — for our sake, and his
opinion There are a number of policies he hasn't implemented but could
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The end of America's post-9/11 delusion
opinion A rapid collapse in Afghanistan caps off 20 years of refusing to acknowledge the limits of American power
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Biden fails to explain Kabul chaos
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Democrats' Gavin Newsom recall nightmare
feature What's unfolding in California is a national embarrassment
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Democratic leaders should think twice before crushing progressive primary challenges
opinion Dividing the left is a GOP dream. Democrats shouldn't help it come true.
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The fringe candidates that could undermine the GOP's 2022 Senate chances
opinion The second coming of Todd Akin and Christine O'Donnell?
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The rural plague
opinion Red America’s infuriating vaccine refusal is making America's culture chasm even wider
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Vaccine refusal and the bargain of modernity
opinion The marvels of modern life require us to trust things we don't understand. But that trust can be lost.
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The GOP's main voter bloc is shrinking
The Explainer The electorate is shifting — and not in the Republican Party's favor
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Stephen Breyer needs to retire. Now.
Talking Point Mitch McConnell all but confirmed his absolutist position
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The optimistic case for Democrats in 2022 and 2024
opinion The party is right to be alarmed. But despair is premature.
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Where are the Trumpghazis?
opinion Investigating the Trump administration's misdeeds would be good for democracy — and Democrats
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Biden needs some braggadocio
opinion A little boasting could go a long way to take back the national narrative
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Wake up, Democrats!
opinion The Supreme Court's decision to hear an abortion case is an ominous signal about the future of reproductive rights — and so much more. Democrats must do something.
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Biden can't avoid Israel-Palestine
opinion The peace process seems futile. Doing nothing could be worse.
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The telling seeds of the 2024 Republican primary
opinion Where does a party go when it won't admit it lost?
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Democrats face a stark choice on redistricting
opinion The new census numbers will make an anti-democratic system even worse
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The death of cities was greatly exaggerated
The Explainer Why the pandemic predictions about urban flight were wrong
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America's foreign policy time bombs
opinion Trump avoided major diplomatic crises that weren't of his own making. Biden likely won't be so lucky.
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Matt Gaetz and the tyranny of the backbencher
opinion A handful of Republican political exhibitionists have driven the news cycle so often in 2021 that you might mistake them for party leaders
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House Democrats' dangerous flirtation with election denial
opinion In Iowa, party leaders are playing a dangerous game they will come to regret
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