A way forward: Jamelle Bouie looks back at Jesse Jackson’s 1980s presidential campaigns, and finds hope for Democrats looking for ways to knit together diverse constituencies. “Each struggle, for Jackson, was part of a bigger whole,” Bouie writes—a “quilt” of closely aligned, if not identical, concerns.
Getting away with it: Don’t look to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest, Jim Newell warns. Republicans won’t look into any of these possible ethical breaches until it’s in their best interest, politically speaking, to do so.
Schools, brace yourselves: How could Trump hurt public education? Dana Goldstein worries that a voucher system could pour money into the coffers of private companies while stripping funds from poorer districts.
Stars Hollow returns: Jackson McHenry sings the praises of Gilmore Girls’ Paris Geller and her ambitious anger. Marissa Martinelli loved the Netflix revival’s much-hyped “last four words”; Willa Paskin wasn’t so sure.
For fun: Jesse Jackson, Sesame Street, 1971.
I am somebody,
Rebecca
