Yearly Archives: 2017
Former congressman Anthony Weiner sentenced to federal prison
Weiner pled guilty to one count of transferring obscenity to a minor and must register as a sex offender.
How Australia’s ‘fever swamp’ of climate science denial is pushing a non-scandal about temperatures
Australia’s network of climate science deniers continue to grasp at straws.
Trump’s bluster at the UN shows he doesn’t understand North Korea at all
The practical reality is this: To de-escalate this situation, the United States must be prepared to swallow its hubris and sit down with North Korea.
Is health care a commodity or right?
It’s time for a real health care revolution of, by and for the people!
Trump, NFL protests and the price of freedom
A reader responds to Donald Trump’s remarks disparaging NFL players for peacefully protesting against the treatment of black Americans.
Puerto Rico faces ‘apocalyptic’ conditions: Humanitarian crisis grows for 3.4 million US citizens
“All the infrastructure has collapsed. Everything we had before the hurricane is beyond reach.”
Take the knee: Athletes unite in historic protest against racism & police brutality, defying...
It was the biggest display of athletic defiance in years.
HHS Secretary Tom Price no longer riding private jets while under investigation
“Too many Trump administration officials have an entitled, millionaire mindset when it comes to squandering taxpayer money that does not belong to them just to support their lavish lifestyles.”
Ohio communities face ‘voter suppression’ in push to rein in oil and gas development
Waterville shows what could be if these ballot initiatives are allowed a vote: a genuine face-off between the oil and gas industry and local communities.
How privatization cuts us in two, while public institutions make us a better people
More profits for the privatizers, more health concerns and expense and disdain for the public.