It seems that, once again, the state of Florida is on pace to establish itself as a leader in America's growing authoritarian movement.
Banning schools from teaching anything that might resemble an appreciation for racial diversity...
Many may have been assigned in high school the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury’s inimitable 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451.
If not, briefly, it’s a story about a future America in which books are banned, and...
Many may have been assigned in high school the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury's inimitable 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451.
If not, briefly, it's a story about a future America in which books are banned, and...
Despite promoting a racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, oligarchic, anti-democratic agenda, the modern-day republican party has a distinct advantage over the Democratic party.
It's in the messaging.
"Build the Wall".
"Lock Her Up".
"Make America Great Again".
"States' Rights" (although they...
Author Mark Twain once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Last week, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) once again demonstrated its monarchical authority over democracy as it appears poised to strike down...
It's bad enough to have Q-Anon adherents like Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene occupying a seat on the racist "America First" caucus in the hallowed House of Representatives.
It seems inconceivable there are members of Congress...
Eventually Donald Trump will go.
Even though he is refusing to concede, he has no standing come January 20.
The people have spoken whether he likes it or not.
Should he refuse to leave the White House, he...
Few were likely surprised Friday when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) capitulated to the so-called "religious right" and announced it would be overturning Obama-era transgender protections against sex discrimination in health care.
Then...
How would you like to be denied a job because you're Muslim, or Jewish, or an atheist?
What about if you're LGBTQ?
What if you're an unmarried pregnant woman?
These questions are, of course, rhetorical. Denying an individual...
As far as electoral politics goes, New York is solidly in the “blue” category along with California, Washington, Oregon, Vermont, Minnesota, and Massachusetts.
But even though it predictably swings Democratic, since 2010 its legislature has been frustratingly...
The end of June saw a pivotal moment in electoral history when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an obscure 28-year-old Democratic Socialist from the Bronx with no prior political experience upended the Democratic establishment by unseating incumbent Rep. Joe...
Over the years, Fox News Channel has given us a lot of reasons to wonder where its standards are--or if it even has any standards at all.
For instance, in 2008, a chyron operator called Michelle...
On this sacrosanct day on which we celebrate the inimical Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's timeless legacy, it's normal to reflect on the ways in which Dr. King would be disappointed with the current occupant...
While President Trump is vacationing at Mar-a-Lago over the Christmas break, Vice President Mike Pence has been staying in Aspen, Colorado, and just got hit by an ironic twist of karma.
Pence is staying at a...
Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi received praise from many, but the Alt-Right is not among them. Disney's modern take on the Star Wars franchise drew backlash from elements of the extremist ideology. One group claimed to take...
No longer happy with merely being known as the pedophile candidate, Roy Moore has now thrown in with Russian President Vladimir Putin in condemning the United States.
Over the summer, Moore gave an interview which is...
If you've been at all paying attention the past year, you know the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue doesn't really care much about us--unless we're rich, or part of the 34 percent still holding...
Upon assuming her role as the nation's education advocate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos decided to rescind support requiring the U.S. Education Department to investigate loan servicing companies’ past conduct before the government awards lucrative contracts. Interestingly, these are the...
Wes Goodman, a Republican state legislator in Ohio, made a name for himself with hardline anti-LGBT ideas and his resolute Christian values. That all came tumbling down for him this week, as the married lawmaker...
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 the unthinkable happened. America elected perhaps the most ignorant, bigoted, misogynistic pig to the highest office in the country. Donald Trump was Inaugurated on January 21, 2017, and two huge...
