The School Shooting Script: Our Immunocompromised Body Politic
It’s the same old script. Mass shooting occurs. Thoughts and prayers fly. Declarations are made. Fingers point. There’s something more insidious at...
Where is the Religious Left? Dissecting the American Theocracy
Since the Civil War, white Christians in this country have swung wildly between advancing a social doctrine of equality and promoting outright...
The End of Roe v. Wade: Extinguishing the Penumbra
They’ve done it. Well, they’re about to. As much as we all knew this was coming, it’s still stunning. Today’s Topical Cream presses the obvious point...
Elon Gated: Billionaires and Their Toys
The second installment of topical cream peers into the petty world of the billionaire class and the purchase of Twitter by racist enabler and...
The Military Film Complex: Destroying the Myth of Liberal Hollywood
Trendsetter or follower? Hollywood has made over 5,000 war films in the past 100 years. Today’s episode probes whether Hollywood has been complicit...
Labor Unions: From Pullman to Kellogg’s. Labor’s Long, Hard Road
From Pullman and Carnegie to Kellogg's and the PRO Act, this week, we unf*ck the labor movement in the United States. No single episode can possibly...
The Violent States of America.
This week in Unf*cking the Republic®, we dive into U.S. interventions in the post-Vietnam War era. Starting with our recent meddling in Bolivia, we...