Yearly Archives: 2021
‘His silence is breathtaking’: Biden under fire for going quiet on voting rights
"Our democracy is in crisis and we need the president to act like it."
Inherit the hypocrisy
If we do not stand up and protest this fanaticism... "He that troubleth his own house will inherit the wind..."
Restoring the manufacturing base in the U.S. is the key to our prosperity
“Build new supply chains. Buy American.”
Schumer backs Sanders’ proposal to include dental, hearing, and vision care in Medicare
“With the current Medicare platform, those three things are just left out, like it’s no big deal,” said the Democratic leader. “But it is a big deal and we should fix it.”
The trial for Berta Caceres’s murder will test Biden’s Central America policy
The Biden administration says it wants to counter the corruption that’s driving displacement. Does that apply to U.S. allies in Honduras?
What to do with piles of plastic waste?
Other countries get creative.
When you lift from the bottom, everyone rises
Have we entered America’s third era of reconstruction?
Arizona to use people in prison to fight its wildfires, pay $1.50 an hour
Incarcerated people clearing brush, in temperatures that hit 115°F in Phoenix for six days in a row last week, will make $1.00 per hour.
Republicans won’t even debate “For the People Act” as they flood states with voter...
According to the Voting Rights Lab, 18 states have enacted more than 30 laws to restrict voting since the November election.
Juneteenth for white folk
Is Juneteenth the national holiday going to fix the disparate outcomes for black people in education, health, income, wealth, home ownership, death by police, imprisonment, unemployment, and other inequities?