Yearly Archives: 2021
Arrested in rocking chairs, grandparents protest Chase and pressure Biden on climate
Tired from trekking 170 miles from Biden’s birthplace to his hometown, a dozen of us grandparents decided to take a stand for climate justice by sitting down.
Real patriotism on this July 4th
Real patriotism means sacrificing to keep America going.
Chicago Alderman and her chief of staff indicted on bribery charges
Carrie Austin is now one of three sitting members of the City Council under federal indictment, along with Ed Burke and Patrick Daley Thompson.
The GOP is trying to outlaw democracy
The goal (and duty) of every public official ought to be maximizing voter turnout—after all, the more Americans vote, the stronger our democracy.
Supreme Court blunts voting rights in Arizona—and potentially nationwide—in controversial ruling
The court’s decision further erodes the Voting Rights Act. Attention now shifts to Congress to see whether it will respond.
US censorship is increasingly official
While corporate media like to highlight the many press freedom shortcomings of hostile foreign nations, the censorship worries start much closer to home.
What happens economically when wealth tilts to the top?
Trickle-down is trickling away.
Energy Transfer’s Gulf Run pipeline to export fracked gas from Louisiana set to begin...
But FERC’s business-as-usual approach to fossil fuel projects during the climate crisis looks increasingly shaky, casting new doubt on the industry’s prospects.
Supreme Court strikes down California’s nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions answered
In a 6-3 ruling, the court said the law, intended to fight fraud, subjected donors to potential harassment and violated their First Amendment rights
Erik Prince, the failson face of privatized war
If the face long associated with modern mercenaries were more successful at his business, we might already live in a much more dystopian world.