In the richest country in the history of the world, nearly half a million people lack indoor plumbing.
No surprise, most of them are people of color.
According to research from the Plumbing Poverty Project (PPP), in...
There are some people out there who actually believe Democrats, the media, and government agencies are either inter-dimensional demons or psychic vampires running a child sex trafficking ring.
There normally wouldn’t be any reason to waste time explaining...
If you're a Californian, September 14 is an important day.
That's the day republicans hope to unseat Democratic governor Gavin Newsome in a special recall election.
Citing the administration's policies regarding taxes, immigration, homelessness, and the state's...
Former Democratic presidential candidate--now New York City mayoral candidate--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among last year's other presidential contenders.
He wanted to give every American $1,000 from what he called the "Freedom Dividend."
Last year Yang partnered...
Change may be slow at times, but nothing can stop it.
Every year is historic in its own way, but 2020 stands out as one of the most turbulent and interesting in recent times.
One of the...
A jointly authored article from The Nation and the Columbia Journalism Review noted last year:
“Judging by the climate coverage to date, most of the US news media still don’t get grasp the seriousness of this issue. This journalistic failure has given...
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...
Milton Mayer (1928–29) was a journalist, reporter for the Associated Press, the Chicago Evening Post, the Chicago American, and The Progressive.
In 1955, he published a seminal work titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 in which he analyzes how Hitler came to...
Then they came for the homeless.
Under the guise of "environmental violation"--citing needles and waste--the Trump administration has threatened to use police to remove the homeless.
Last month, Trump told a pool reporter aboard Air Force One...
Last month, Donald Trump instilled fear in thousands after announcing mass Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and round-ups of undocumented Americans.
Then in a classic reality show-style bait and switch to appear bi-partisan, he abruptly...
Some believed, favorably or otherwise, that the landmark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case the Supreme Court decided in June would signal the death knell for public sector unions.
That fear is not baseless...
One probably does not typically associate wildfires with income inequality or the prison industrial complex.
Not only are middle-class and lower-income Californians seeing their homes go up in smoke while their affluent neighbors, many celebrities, are...
When speaking to reporters last week about the historic and deadly Camp and Woolsey fires that have destroyed more than 100,000 acres and taken at least 44 lives, California Gov. Jerry Brown stated Californians--and the rest of the world--are facing a...
On December 14 of last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted three to two along party lines to repeal regulations protecting the free and open internet, known as net neutrality.
This means Internet Service Providers (ISP) are now legally permitted...
California is burning--again.
This time, over 100,000 acres and a thousand homes have been engulfed in the seventh most destructive fire in the state’s history.
Some climate scientists are claiming this is all part of "the new reality" about...
There's a saying: "Not all Republicans are racists, but if someone is racist, he's probably a Republican."
While it would be unfair to stereotype all Republicans as racists, the GOP has not exactly been the party...
American law enforcement working with neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups to crack down on progressive activists?
Yes, according to court documents that state some California police officers expressed sympathy with white supremacists, and even solicited their help targeting...
You've probably never heard of John Turano. He's one of the many Trump-worshiping idiots who prowl the streets of this country and feel they have the right to scream whatever insult comes to mind, even...
President Donald Trump continues to argue with athletes on Twitter. After a weekend criticizing the UCLA players released from a Chinese prison recently, Trump returns to attacking NFL player protesters.
Early Monday, Trump issues a Twitter...
