Category: Politics
Abortion Rights Aren’t Coming Back
Justice Alito’s leaked draft goes a lot further than ending the right to an abortion. What can Democrats do to mitigate the damage?
We Have a Lot to Learn From the War in Ukraine
Putin may be losing the war militarily, but he very well might be winning in his battle against democracy here in the U.S. Here are some crucial takeaways.
Putin sees JK Rowling as kindred spirit in war against Trans people
Rowling missed the point, failing to understand that a political endorsement by Putin is same as getting one from Adolf Hitler
Trans People Are in Grave Danger
The GOP have focused their vitriol on the trans community, whom they depict as an existential threat to justify their plans to eradicate their existence from society. Sound familiar?
Republicans Don’t Care About Your Facts
The GOP wants a sanitized version of history that requires zero introspection or empathy. They misperceive efforts to teach accurate history as attempts to make kids feel ashamed of who they are.
Every American Should Fear Losing Our Democracy
There’s an old Russian saying that roughly translates to: “Today is about average; worse than yesterday but better than tomorrow.”
Gloves Are Off on School Mask Mandates
In recent years, most ugly battles at school boards have been fairly one-sided. On the one hand, you typically have irate, hyperbolic conservative parents screaming at school-board members over the imaginary problem du jour, whether it is sex education, transgender students in bathrooms, transgender athletes, critical race theory, or mask mandates.
The Far Right and Anti-Trans Movements’ Unholy Alliance
Trans people have been under assault, by GOP legislators, the Religious Right, white nationalists—and anti-trans feminists. And it’s now escalating to an all-out war.
The Mindless Ideology of the Zombie GOP
Republicans’ only agenda is inchoate rage, hatred, and obstruction. And they’ll stop at nothing to destroy everything in their wake.
The GOP Has a Choice: Democracy or its Base
The US will either end up a multi-racial democracy, or it will become a single party state ruled by a white minority. Unfortunately, Republicans may just determine our fate.