Raising the Stakes in the Struggle Over Immigration Detention
As the struggle for immigrant rights continues to be fought across America, new battlegrounds may come into view, then fade from public attention. For many months, our border drew intense scrutiny, as...
View ArticleTrump Administration Ignores Court Order Stopping 85,000 Acre Payette Forest...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in August of 2018 ruled in favor of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Idaho Sporting Congress, and Native Ecosystems Council and halted a massive Forest Service...
View ArticleThe Coup That Ousted Morales
Any human being who values justice and freedom would condemn the coup that ousted the Bolivian president Evo Morales on the 10th of November 2019. Morales obtained 47.08 % of the vote to secure a...
View ArticleWhistleblowing Religion
The widespread publicity regarding the whistleblower, who disclosed President Trump’s extorting telephone call to the president of Ukraine, should remind us that political whistleblowing is a dominant...
View ArticleHow Trump is Warping the Federal Courts: the Case Against Lawrence VanDyke
President Donald Trump’s nominations to the federal courts are deteriorating faster than his party can lower its standards to approve his picks. Case in point—Lawrence VanDyke, former Montana solicitor...
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Freedom, Valor, Love: On Snowden’s Permanent Record
“The computer guy [sic]…can know everything…” –Edward Snowden, Permanent Record We all know someone who has suffered explicit privacy violations through data breaches, has been censored, or has...
View ArticleLet’s Give Three Cheers for Those “Western Ears”
Yesterday, I happened to catch a radio report by NPR’s Julie McCarthy on the latest round of protests in Hong Kong. While listening, I could not help but see the similarities between what is going on...
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Neoliberalism Backfires
Photograph Source: Mikey – CC BY 2.0 Nick Hanauer, a self-professed capitalist billionaire, spoke at a TED conference only recently. He exposed neoliberalism’s brand of capitalism getting away with...
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Towards a Democratic Socialist Foreign Policy
Photograph Source: David Shankbone – CC BY 2.0 Over the past few years, democratic socialists have rightfully spent a considerable amount of time honing their arguments on domestic policies, such as...
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The Walls are Closing in on Donald Trump
Photograph Source: Simon Bowie – CC BY 2.0 As witness after credible witness appears before the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry, the walls are closing in on Donald Trump and he knows...
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The Trumpists’ Attempts at Snark Define Their Day: Impeachment Day Three
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair Monday AM. Trump says he might consider testifying in writing. I’m not sure how that is testifying and it seems that it’s just a way for Trump to try and control the...
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Labor and the UK General Election
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The media focus in the UK general election has tended, understandably, to be on BoJo Johnson, the latest prime (un)mover of Ukania’s protracted and bizarre Brexit ordeal....
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The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read...
Photograph Source: Senado Federal – CC BY 2.0 When you look at your computer screen, or the screen on your smartphone or the screen of your television set, it is a liquid crystal display (LCD). An...
View ArticleOvertunring WI v. Yoder: Making Education a Federal Right for All Children...
“Schpring! Schpring zu de velschken feldt!” shouted one of the Amish parents gathered to see their children off for their first day in an Iowa state or “English” school. The year was 1965, the bus had...
View ArticleVoters Say They Want a Third Party, They Should Vote Accordingly
According to an October Rasmussen poll, 38% of likely voters say they intend to vote for “someone other than President Trump or the Democratic presidential nominee” in the 2020 US presidential...
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One Pound Capitalism, a Pinch of Democracy, and an Impeachment
(includes a recipe brought to you by Discomfort Foods) In February 2018 on Fox News, Laura Ingraham ended her interview with former CIA director James Woolsey by asking him if the United States...
View ArticleBillionaires and Corporations Love Anti-SLAPP Laws, Why Does John Oliver?
John Oliver recently dedicated his HBO show to why we need a federal anti-SLAPP law. Like most of his stuff, the episode was witty and engaging. It was also sloppy, thoughtless and poorly researched....
View ArticleThe Right to Vote Should not Fall Victim to Partisan Battles
The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right — and making it easier to exercise it — ought to be a priority across partisan lines. Instead, in states across the country —...
View ArticleWhy Did MSNBC Spend So Much Time Bashing Gabbard?
I couldn’t believe my ears. I thought Tulsi Gabbard gave her best performance during Wednesday night’s Democratic party debate. She swiftly demolished Mayor Pete and Kamala Harris to their faces, then...
View ArticleHealth Care and “Head Taxes”: an Unhealthy Combination
The divide in the health care policy debate couldn’t be any clearer. On one side: the Medicare for All proponents. On the other: the Obamacare with a Public Option proponents Americans see the divide....
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