We here in real America should be growing accustomed to wearing masks in public, avoiding crowds, social distancing, and rubbing our hands raw with prodigious amounts of hand sanitizer.
We here in real America have to...
Civil unrest, an unmitigated pandemic, white supremacist fascists marching in the streets, an ailing economy, worsening income inequality, lies, and voter suppression.
This is Donald Trump's America.
If he is re-elected to a second term, these will...
Who doesn't want to pay lower taxes?
Of all the concerns voters have, the amount they pay in taxes seems to be the most prevalent complaint.
So when Donald Trump signed a memorandum last week suspending payroll...
Months ago, several political commentators (including this one) floated the possibility that behind Donald Trump and the complicit republican party's call to de-fund the United States Postal Service (USPS) is an insidious voter suppression strategy.
We...
Negotiations began this week for another coronavirus economic relief package, anticipated to be the last before the general election in the fall.
This follows the initial Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the bipartisan...
It is unknown what post-COVID education will look like in America.
Yet in a month colleges and universities are expected to begin their fall semesters.
Harvard University has already decided to move all classes online.
Yale is doing...
Republicans have been laser focused on destroying Social Security since President Franklin Roosevelt signed it into law in 1935.
Over the past eight decades, Republicans--and even some Democrats--have drilled holes in the earned income benefit program's...
The blatant disregard for human life emanating from the Republican party is not something we might not have expected in an America of yesterday.
But as Donald Trump, right-wing hate media, and deep-pocketed right-wing groups get...
The good news: House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve another $484 billion emergency relief package.
The bad news: Most of that amount--$310 billion--will be put toward replenishing the small business loan Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
That...
New York, New Jersey, and California top the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the nation.
Consider they are also states with Democratic governors and have been targets of Donald Trump’s ridicule.
They are also commonly cited as the...
Why is Florida apparently the only state to be receiving the lion's share of equipment necessary to combat the coronavirus?
Might it have something to do with the fact that Gov. Ron DeSantis is a Republican?
Could...
Former Democratic presidential candidate--now CNN political commentator--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among the other presidential contenders with whom he shared the stage.
He wanted to give every American $1,000 from what he called the "Freedom Dividend."
But...
Some use crises to enrich themselves, like Senators Jim Inhofe, Richard Burr, Ron Johnson, Kelly Loeffler, and Diane Feinstein were discovered last week to have been doing.
Some, however, seize opportunities crises present to usher in structural...
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is this generation's smallpox.
It's our 1918 influenza pandemic.
Considering our financial infrastructure was already failing before the pandemic reached our shores, the sudden upset to businesses, medical facilities, education, transportation, employment--society at large--are...
One thing the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is going to demonstrate is how this country will respond to economic strain.
European stock shares dropped more than 8% Monday.
Despite Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell dropping interest rates to near...
We've likely all heard the cliche, "Every cloud has a silver lining."
Triteness aside, like most hackneyed phrases, it bears some truth.
Sometimes it takes a little effort to put a positive spin on unfortunate events, but...
Do you know any Republicans who shouldn't be Republicans?
That is, those who aren't wealthy, rely on the same fire departments, police departments, food and drug safety standards, drive on the same public roads, and send...
Raising the minimum wage will not just help the economy.
It will not just help lift people out of poverty or prevent some from descending into it.
According to a Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health study, raising the...
One of the ways Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, and ultimately the White House in 2016, was his opposition to other GOP contenders on Medicare, Social Security, healthcare, and the Iraq war.
While the other Republicans–Jeb Bush,...
Donald Trump has not been a complete failure as president.
Rollbacks of environmental regulations and gains achieved under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); shout-outs to white supremacists; rewards to supporters with cabinet positions; cuts to education...