The walls are closing in on Donald Trump.
Not only is the impeachment inquiry moving so swiftly House Democrats anticipate an impeachment vote by Christmas.
Last week Trump was dealt another blow when New York Supreme Court...
Donald Trump is moving.
No, not out of the White House.
Not yet. (It's coming.)
Like millions of septuagenarians, he's relocating to Florida because New York is just too damn expensive.
According to documents filed with the Palm Beach...
The Republican party loves to refer to itself as the party of "patriots."
In promoting this label, it relies on exploiting traditional symbols of American fortitude, militarism, and masculinity: police, the military, and firefighters.
But every so...
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...
Nothing will escape climate change's ravages.
International borders, economies, food and water supplies, health, education, transportation, energy sources, are all predicted to change with the climate as the planet warms faster than scientists predicted.
Another casualty we can...
Donald Trump's home state of New York is doing something to rein in the president's deportation force, aka Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
ICE is now no longer permitted to arrest immigrants inside New York courthouses without...
Twenty-two.
That's how many veterans on average commit suicide in the United States every day.
It's also the number of miles Navy veteran Thomas Zurhellen plans to walk each day on a trek across the country from...
Everyone can afford to buy advertising space on billboards in order to spread his or her political views, right?
Everyone can buy political influence, right?
That's exactly the situation that permitted Texas-based conservative advocacy group, the Job Creators...
For 14 months, internet retail giant Amazon baited North American cities with a reality-show-style contest.
The winner was promised 50,000 employees and the distinction of serving as the company’s second headquarters.
In November, CEO Jeff Bezos announced the winners--Long Island...
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...
We will probably have universal healthcare in this country within our lifetimes.
If you're a New York City resident, though, you needn't wait any longer.
Although not the single-payer model most Democrats in Washington favor, NYC Mayor...
For 14 months, Amazon baited North American cities with a reality-show-style contest.
The winner was promised 50,000 employees and the distinction of serving as the retail giant's second headquarters.
Well, the wait is over.
And the winners are...
Long Island City,...
Last week's New York Times piece debunking Donald Trump's oft-repeated lie “I built what I built myself” may have gotten somewhat buried amid the coverage frenzy surrounding Brett Kavanaugh's hearing and eventual confirmation.
Even though Trump and the...
True or false: New York has one of the most progressive voting systems in the nation.
Yes, New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo, is a Democrat.
Yes, New York is a solidly "blue state," like California, Vermont, and...
A key component of the progressive agenda is the call for tuition-free higher education at public colleges and universities.
It is something many opponents argue is infeasible, despite the fact that at one time several prominent...
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...
This has been some week in the Trump/Russia connection.
On Monday, Donald Trump committed treason by siding with Moscow over Russian meddling in the 2016 American presidential election.
On Wednesday, the New York Times broke a story confirming Trump was presented two weeks before his...
Antonio Delgado is young--41.
He graduated with honors from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, earning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford.
He earned a law degree from Harvard.
Now he is running for a House seat representing New York's...
If Dems Plan To Reclaim Congress, They’d Better Take Ocasio-Cortez’s Win Seriously (Video)
Ted Millar
In last week's New York Democratic primary, an obscure 28-year-old Democratic Socialist from the Bronx with no prior political experience upended the Democratic establishment by unseating incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.
You've...
35,000 to 40,000 parolees in New York can now fully participate in the democratic process.
After the New York legislature voted it down, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed an executive order on Wednesday immediately granting all paroled felons the...