Yearly Archives: 2021
GOP free fall opens progressive doors—rethug acquittal confirms party bankruptcy
The Senate trial could not have turned out better for anti-Trump forces—and more damaging for defenders of the Misfit-in-chief.
Is Biden committing diplomatic suicide over the Iran Nuclear Agreement?
President Biden is backtracking on his commitment to rejoin the international nuclear agreement with Iran—this risks killing the agreement and undermining his broader commitment to diplomacy.
How Spanish can help us survive viral times
A journey into the heart of a language we need now more than ever.
Trumpled—a fable about the party that lost its principles
This is a story about a party—one of two major political parties in America—declining in popularity and desperately clinging to power.
Lancet report: 40% of US COVID deaths were preventable. The country needs universal healthcare...
One of the report’s recommendations is reforming the system to a single-payer model like Medicare for All, which President Joe Biden has so far rejected in favor of bolstering the Affordable Care Act.
Climate activists nationwide take ‘polar bear plunge’ to push Congress to adopt President Biden’s...
Congressman Don McEachin (D-Va), Bill Mckibben, and the Rev. Lennox Yearwood lead the kickoff rally—participants plunged into rivers, ponds and backyard pools from coast-to-coast.
Biden reviews Guantanamo prison; aims to close it before end of presidency
A revival of an Obama-era goal, President Joe Biden announced the launch of a formal review of the U.S. military prison at...
Former California Assemblyman sentenced to federal prison for money laundering
U.S. District Judge James Donato sentenced the former State Assemblyman to one year and one day in prison and ordered him to pay $685,000 in restitution.
‘I don’t trust the people above me’: Riot squad cops open up about disastrous...
Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress.
Trump’s failed environmental policies caused 22,000 deaths, new report finds
So how quickly can we expect a new tide of equitable environmental policy in a new administration?