What’s Left of the Left?
If progressives can't gain ground during today's hard times, full of disasters at home and abroad, then when? If progressives don't gain when the right lurches between disgrace and farce, gloating with lies that scandalize reality, then when? Bright spots surface, but what notable change, especially on income distribution, speaks to unified progressive activism?
Undocumented immigrants may actually make American communities safer – not more dangerous – new...
People from all social groups and backgrounds commit crimes. But undocumented immigrants, and immigrants more generally, are often baselessly blamed for increasing crime rates.
‘Emergent’ AI behavior and human destiny
Let me take you into that arcane world and try to envision what the future of warfare might mean for the rest of us.
After the civil rights era, white Americans failed to support systemic change to end...
More whites are willing to acknowledge white racial privilege, but only about one in eight support reparations to Blacks.
Exclusive: Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation and Apartheid South Africa
In a newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., listen exclusively to his major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.
Remembering the Greatest ‘Babe’ in Sports
There was one "Babe" that helped change the political climate of sports. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a true hero who helped girls and women that came after her receive the proper help to develop their athleticism.
Big Lies, Little Lies and the Punishment of Brian Williams
Williams is in the public dock for telling a false story about his experiences covering the American invasion of Iraq; the disclosure humiliated him, his colleagues and his network when exposed. Is his punishment excessive, or does it fit the crime?
Eight NFL Scandals Worse Than ‘Deflategate’
Football has become America's pastime, but it's time the sports reporters start covering real NFL scandals and stop focusing on non-stories such as "deflategate." Here are a few leads for reporters to chase.
Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a black woman of faith on the...
Harriet Tubman once said that slavery was “the next thing to hell.” She helped many transcend that hell.
The Declaration of Independence wasn’t really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising...
In celebration of the United States’ 245th birthday, Holton offers six surprising facts about the nation’s founding document – including that it failed to achieve its most immediate goal and that its meaning has changed from the founding to today.