Edward Burmila

Contributing Writer

Ed Burmila is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bradley University. He lives in Chicago and blogs politics at Gin and Tacos.

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Analysis

How Trump is changing Republican Party values

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Opinion

Democrats cannot win the fight to replace Justice Kennedy. They can only prepare for the next battle.

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Analysis

How Trump wields unprecedented control over America's judiciary

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Analysis

Why fake news works

Immigrants take the oath of citizenship to the United States in the Great Hall of Ellis Island.

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Analysis

Ending DACA could royally screw up the Census. That's a problem for the GOP.

A Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle.

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Opinion

Making progress on race doesn't mean we've solved racism

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Analysis

Edward Burmila

How Trump is changing Republican Party values

Democrats cannot win the fight to replace Justice Kennedy. They can only prepare for the next battle.

How Trump wields unprecedented control over America's judiciary

Why fake news works

Ending DACA could royally screw up the Census. That's a problem for the GOP.

Making progress on race doesn't mean we've solved racism

The Trump-Russia problem no one's talking about