Political violence is destructive in a democracy for a lot of obvious reasons, but one reason is that it gives control over our ability to make decisions to random bad actors. We should not give to a random person, whatever their motivations…our ability to make a decision about the fate of the country. And that requires being honest about the threat Donald Trump poses… The fact that this happened does not remove Trump’s menace…and the sooner we get back to having that debate, the more of a failure this assassination attempt will be.
— “Trump’s Shooting Upends 2024,” Pod Save America
Albums Added in November 2024
This month’s musical discoveries take us from Leyla McCalla’s Sun Without the Heat, my favorite album of November, to Kendrick Lamar’s lyrical powerhouse GNX, and everything in between. Explore the joy-filled jams of Goose, the haunting melodies of Beth Gibbons, and the Afrobeat grooves of Kokoroko in this eclectic roundup of November’s best music.