Remember back during Barack Obama's second term when republicans chanted, "Hillary Clinton Lied and Four Americans Died" after the Benghazi, Libya embassy attack?
That little rhyme was the product of two years of congressional hearings that...
Randomly stop any individual at work, on the street, or anywhere else, and ask his or her opinion of the government.
You're bound to receive responses like:
"Government is too big."
"The government screws up everything."
"There's too much...
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime...
Protectionist trade policies aren't just good for American jobs.
They're good for national security.
As tensions heat up between the United States and China over Taiwanese independence, it's time re-evaluate who supplies us with the goods on...
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,...
Last year, before losing the White House to Joe Biden, former president Donald Trump warned:
"If he gets in, you will have a depression the likes of which you have never seen. Your 401(k)s will go...
While the "human infrastructure" bill known as the “Build Back Better Act” will unfortunately have to wait a little longer, Saturday marked an historic day in America when House Democrats finally passed the "Infrastructure Investment...
For two weeks, the New York City Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA) members have been engaged in a hunger strike outside City Hall demanding Mayor Bill de Blasio grant debt relief for the taxi medallion price...
Many are aware Meta--the company now formerly known as Facebook--is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls.
But human traffickers?
Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and...
45 Q Anon supporters are running for congressional seats in next year’s mid-term election.
Seriously.
But it gets worse.
Hoping to join them are fellow Trumpistas who participated in the January 6 domestic terror attack on the Capitol intending to violently subvert...
Most people are familiar with the symbolism behind a white flag.
From television, movies, and literature, we understand it to indicate surrender.
But a new phenomenon has emerged in America.
Some Donald Trump supporters have taken to displaying...
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...
For the first time in United States history, someone sentenced to prison was prosecuted not by the US Justice Dept. (DOJ) but by an attorney working for a private corporation.
In the 1990s, human rights lawyer...
Democrats have a day to prove they are capable of delivering on President Joe Biden's campaign promise of "building back better."
If they fail, they risk a republican rout in next year's mid-term elections and possibly...
After decades of hearing republicans harangue about debt, deficits, and "fiscal responsibility," one would assume that when they are in the congressional majority and/or the White House, our economy would be stronger and more "fiscally...
Comprehensive voting reform Democrats have been promising since reclaiming the congressional majority this year may finally be within our grasp.
HR1, or the “For the People Act,” re-introduced this January, seeks, in part, to:
Include providing voters...
What’s another term for a “failed coup”?
A rehearsal.
The United States came dangerously close to losing democracy January 6 when thousands of spiteful Donald Trump supporters descended on the Capitol to do the failed president’s bidding to “stop...
For all their sturm und drang about "big government," republicans really don't have a problem with government intervention as long it helps boost their wealthy campaign contributors' profits, prevents voters they don't want to include...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 372.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the United States since vaccinations began late last year.
About 175 million people--52.7% of the total U.S....
It was the end of period three, the last of three classes in a row before I had a break.
The teaching assistant assigned to some students in that class walked up to me at the...