Lauren Duca
Columnist
Politics
"Free Speech Week" at UC Berkeley Is Constitutionally Protected — and Morally Bankrupt
Anyone who opposes Yiannopoulos, Coulter, and Bannon’s presence on campus will undoubtedly be framed as opposing a week of “free speech.”
Politics
If Trump Actually Cared About the Dreamers, They Would Be Here to Stay
Actions speak volumes.
Politics
Harvey Must Be a Turning Point in the Way We Respond to Climate Change
Science guarantees us that the sort of extreme weather unfolding in Houston is our new normal.
Politics
Read This From a Teleprompter: Donald Trump Is Unfit to Serve
Don't be fooled by Teleprompter Trump.
Politics
How "Nice White People" Benefit from Charlottesville and White Supremacy
Stop furrowing your brow over “the partisan divide,” and loudly declare your position in this fight against hatred.
Politics
Why I’ve Decided NOT to Be Silent About Online Harassment
The public forum is taking place on social media, a place where women can be systematically silenced.
Politics
Democrats Betray Women by Saying They’ll Support Anti-Choice Candidates
When it comes to true financial and social equity, a woman’s right to choose is nonnegotiable.
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Trump Has Already Replaced Yet ANOTHER Member of His Staff
Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer, fading into the bushes.
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Trump's Disregard for Women Is Becoming Public Policy
Title IX is at risk — and his administration is responsible.
Politics
But His Emails! The Donald Trump Jr. Revelations Make It Impossible to Dismiss the Russia Scandal
A LOT has happened this week.
Politics
America, Please Stop Feeding the Trolls
The #CNNBlackmail hashtag was designed to play on public emotions.
Politics
The White House Is Promoting an Anti-Journalism Conspiracy Theory
You need to know about Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s press briefing on Tuesday.
Politics
You Can't Debate Health Care If You're Dead
"As you process the emerging details of the bill, keep in mind that health is truly all that matters."
Politics
Senator, Interrupted: On Jeff Sessions, Kamala Harris, and the Powerful Man Persecution Complex
"It is a strategy that allows men like Sessions, O’Reilly, and Trump to hide in plain sight."
Politics
The White House Is Essentially a Ministry of Propaganda, Regardless of Who Is in Office
Consider Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information in 1917.
Politics
Stop Pretending to Be Outraged by Kathy Griffin’s Gross Video
There’s plenty to be genuinely outraged by.
Music
Lauren Duca Sounds Off on Why Pop Culture and Politics Are So Intertwined
“As inclusion itself becomes politicized, everyone is under pressure to pick a side — our superstars at the highest decibel of all.”
Politics
What We ALL Need to Remember in the Wake of the Manchester Terror Attack
“‘Love is the answer’ is an awful cliché, and also a thing we constantly manage to forget.”
Politics
Why Republicans Are Complicit in Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy
Lauren Duca decries the spinelessness of the GOP in this week’s Thigh-High Politics column.
Politics
On Misogynist Trolling and Selective Sexism
"Somehow not supporting women is a crime only for women."
Politics
What *The New York Times'*s Climate Change Column Scandal Has to Do With James Comey
This week's installment of Thigh High Politics is all about "the media."