Sanders to the aid of democracy in the United States – Le blog de Thomas Piketty

Stop saying Biden is the ‘most electable’. Trump will run rings round him

Taiwan scientists develop antibodies for 15-minute Wuhan virus test in 19 days

The Chinese translation of Laura Ahearn’s《Living Language》is finally out, bringing the discipline to a new audience. I was pleased to write the preface, which is now up on the Guavanthropology blog. (DM me for the English version.)

You’re Descended from Royalty and So Is Everybody Else

Remember when we were wondering if Bush wore a listening device under his jacket during the debate?

‘Highly Unjust’:Allahabad HC Directs Removal Of Banners Containing Photos Of Persons Accused Of Violence By 3 PM 《Sanity prevails … for now.》

The Lottery is probably the best thing ever written on American democracy.

Here’s the Difference Between Flexibility and Mobility – and Why It Matters 《I wish I had learned this 20 years ago, but it is never too late!》

UP Erects Giant Billboards With Names, Photos of Anti-CAA Protesters《Hard to be shocked by Indian politics, but this is truly shocking.》

⭐️ Democrats, You Really Do Not Want To Nominate Joe Biden

How Elizabeth Warren Lost

Former US ambassador to USSR calls out the NY Times on their BS

Chinatown Needs Your Love More Than Ever Right Now

Bernie Sanders’s Soviet sister-city outreach wasn’t unusual. It was a Reagan initiative.

Study Showing Bernie Needs Huge Youth Turnout Is Nonsense

Dems Combine Into Giant Mech To Annihilate Bernie Sanders

The Kids in the Hall to Return to Amazon With New Episodes

Joe Biden didn’t just compromise with segregationists. He fought for their cause in schools, experts say.

There is hard data that shows that a centrist Democrat would be a losing candidate

125+ Reasons You Should Not Vote for Joe Biden 《I’ll vote for him if I have to, but it isn’t too late to do better.》

Everyone agrees we need to beat Trump, but we have very different ideas about what that means in practice

Democrats Rallying Around Joe Biden Could Alienate Generations of the Party’s Youth Support

Why Biden and Sanders beat Warren in her home state of Massachusetts “Warren has had a consistent gender imbalance when it comes to male and female voters.”

If Democrats can’t fight voter suppression during their own primaries, how will they manage against Trump?