Sitemap - 2026 - The Preamble
Your Emotions Are Information, Not Instructions
The Daily Brief - Apr. 3, 2026
The Daily Brief — Apr. 2, 2026
Is Social Security Really Going Broke?
The Daily Brief — Apr. 1, 2026
Regime Change in Iran Is Not That Simple
The Daily Brief — Mar. 31, 2026
ChatGPT Killed $100 Million in Grants
The Daily Brief — Mar. 30, 2026
The Case for Hope in an Exhausted America
Of Course You Care What People Think
The Daily Brief — Mar. 27, 2026
Will the Filibuster Save Us From the SAVE Act?
The Daily Brief — Mar. 26, 2026
This News Cycle Gets Zero Stars on Yelp
The Daily Brief - Mar. 25, 2026
The Daily Brief - Mar. 24, 2026
When Faith Calls You to Break the Law
The Daily Brief - Mar. 23, 2026
You're Addicted to Being Right
The Daily Brief - Mar. 20, 2026
Who Gets to Call Off a Boycott?
The Daily Brief - Mar. 19, 2026
"Killers, Leeches, and Entitlement Junkies"?
The Daily Brief - Mar. 18, 2026
How the FCC is Trying to Control the News You See and Hear
The Daily Brief - Mar. 17, 2026
How to Stay Informed Without Burning Out
The Daily Brief - Mar. 16, 2026
How the SAVE Act Advances a Hidden Agenda
Condoleezza Rice on Democracy, Patriotism, and Why She Still Has Hope
The Daily Brief - Mar. 13, 2026
America’s Most Unlikely Invention
The Daily Brief - Mar. 12, 2026
What the DEI Debate Gets Wrong
The Daily Brief - Mar. 11, 2026
The Daily Brief - Mar. 10, 2026
Voter Suppression Hasn't Ended, It's Evolved
The Daily Brief - Mar. 9, 2026
The Daily Brief - Special Edition - Mar. 9, 2026
What Happens When Rule-Breakers Are Running the Country
Learning From Our Differences and the Antidote to Doomscrolling Anxiety
You Can’t Hate Yourself into Changing
The Daily Brief - Mar. 6, 2026
The Daily Brief - Mar. 5, 2026
MAHA Voters Wanted Fewer Toxins — They’re Getting More
The Daily Brief - Mar. 4, 2026
The Daily Brief - Mar. 3, 2026
Why Is Iran Attacking Its Neighbors?
The Daily Brief - Mar. 2, 2026
The Daily Brief - Special Edition - Mar. 2, 2026
The Long History of Demonizing Immigrants: From the Great Depression to Today
You're Not Processing Your Emotions, You're Ruminating
The Daily Brief - Feb. 27, 2026
Federal Prosecutors Are Resigning in Droves
The Daily Brief - Feb. 26, 2026
How War with Iran Would Impact the US
The Daily Brief - Feb. 25, 2026
How a Racial Conspiracy Theory Took Hold in America
The Daily Brief - Feb. 24, 2026
What’s Behind the Push to Erase Black History
The Daily Brief - Feb. 23, 2026
Is the US Winning the War on Authoritarianism?
Elyse Myers’ New Book and Harriet Tubman’s Faith
The Conflict You're Avoiding Is the One You Need
The Daily Brief - Feb. 20, 2026
Has Your Election Already Been Won?
The Daily Brief - Feb. 19, 2026
The Vulnerable History at the Bottom of Lake Superior
The Daily Brief - Feb. 18, 2026
How the Politics of the Olympics Have Changed
The Daily Brief - Feb. 17, 2026
The Black Soldiers Who Built America's National Parks
What the Data Reveals About Effective Protests
The State of Black History and Journalism in 2026
Rallies and Marches Aren’t the Only Way to Protest
Is the US Underreacting to the Epstein Files?
What if Representative Democracy Isn’t the Only Way?
Welcome to The Preamble Daily Brief
How Corruption, Grievance, and Purity Tests Are Warping US Politics
If Court Orders Don’t Matter, Nothing Does, Banning Books, and How to Find Hope
How ICE Drove Minnesota Educators to Sue
“Safety Has Nothing to Do with Any of This”
The Right to Protest is More Protected than You Think
If Court Orders Don’t Matter, Nothing Does
How ICE Is Mimicking 19th Century Slave Patrols, and What AI Tech Billionaires Really Want
"Everyone Is Horrified by the Way Things Are Being Done"
How NATO Built the World We Take for Granted
What’s at Stake with the US and Iran
How ICE Is Mimicking 19th Century Slave Patrols
Will Congress Do Something About ICE?
Inside ICE: Recruitment, Congressional Accountability, and Absolute Immunity
Knowing When to Rest Instead of Push Harder
A Song of Water and Governance
What’s Drawing Recruits to ICE?
Do ICE Agents Have Absolute Immunity?
The War on Drugs, and the Truth Behind the Viral Claims of Fraud at Minnesota Daycares
Learning to Belong on Land That Isn’t Mine
How to Make Good-Enough Decisions
How School Choice Reinforces Segregation
Why Higher Education is About More Than Building the Workforce
Is Your Zip Code Your Destiny?
Why America’s Homeschool Boom Keeps Growing
The Four-Year Degree Was Built for a Different America
The Pentagon Papers, Why Nobody Wants Venezuelan Oil, and Answers to Your Questions
The Most Badass Artist in American History
The US Didn't Free Venezuela — It Just Changed Management
Actually, Nobody Wants Venezuelan Oil
How Often Does the US Go After Another Nation's Leader?
My Conversation with Congressman James Clyburn