An election happened this week and it was a doozy! Here’s a space to talk about its implications and maybe speculate on what this means for 2020 and beyond! Here are some links providing a summary of events: Kentucky’s Republican … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion Runs Down This Week’s Election

Another Week another Longform Thread. Today’s Main Topics Are Brexit delayed (AGAIN!) As Brexit deadline moves once again, many left wondering what comes next: Analysis  By Guy Davies on ABC News is a general breakdown of the latest breakdown of the … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion Thread Delays Brexit and makes fake ads on Facebook

As A Heads Up, There is a CW: For Ethnic violence for this week’s thread     Here is this week’s forum for long-form political discussion. Today’s Main Topic is Ethnic Cleansing In China and Turkey attacking the Kurds after … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion: Syria and China

Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. Today’s Main Topic is Workplace Discrimination. Here is a piece by Anna North on Vox about how the supreme court case about whether sexual discrimiation laws apply to trans people will … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion: This Week’s Topic, Workplace Discrimination

I have been noticing a lack of participation in the Longform Political Discussion space for the last several weeks. So I want to know how this space can better serve the fine users of the Avocado. Here are some questions … Continue reading The Longform Discussion Thread Needs Your Feedback Please!

Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion

Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion

Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion

Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. This week I am trying something a little different by including some optional topics. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion

Welcome to the second week of space on this site devoted to more detailed analysis and slower-paced discussion of the many events happening today in the world. Got any white papers you want people to mull over? How about a … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion

Welcome to what is hopefully going to be one of many spaces on this site devoted to more detailed analysis and slower-paced discussion of the many events happening today in the world. Got any white papers you want people to … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion

We’re on week #4 of our experimental post for high-quality (or at least, you know, medium-quality) political discussion, emphasizing longer posts with historical context, statistics, and fact-based evidence. This week’s topic: Political Campaigns Since we’re finishing up with primary season, I … Continue reading Long-Form Political Discussion #4: Campaign Season

For our third week, we’re going to try and take a deep dive into a complex topic that often finds itself lent to over-simplification in the rat-a-tat PT. This week’s topic: Russia What is Russia’s role on the world stage today, … Continue reading Long-Form Political Discussion #3: Russia

We’re on week #2 of our experimental post for high-quality (or at least, you know, medium-quality) political discussion, emphasizing longer posts with historical context, statistics, and fact-based evidence. This week’s topic: Political Journalism in the Age of Trump How well … Continue reading Long-Form Political Discussion #2: The Fourth Estate

Hey y’all, we’re trying a new experiment this week. If it works, this is intended to be a weekly post for high-quality (or at least, you know, medium-quality) political discussion, emphasizing longer posts with historical context, statistics, and fact-based evidence. … Continue reading Long-Form Political Discussion #1: Labor Pains