Keith Ellison’s quest for DNC chair
Democrats have lost a lot of limbs over the last years. They don’t need to repeat the same bluster, and fight the same ways. They need to change.
Find the adults and get them in the room
If democracy isn’t participatory it isn’t decent democracy.
Senate passes Veteran’s Health Act; a package of bills addressing healthcare and suicide prevention...
"By identifying and eliminating barriers for veterans to access public lands, AVRO will ensure that veterans can heal on the landscapes they served to protect."
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Shkreli may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.
Study of 50 years of tax cuts for rich confirms ‘trickle down’ theory is...
“Major tax cuts for the rich since the 1980s have increased income inequality, with all the problems that brings, without any offsetting gains in economic performance.”
Trump has removed the heart and soul of the Republican Party. The GOP is...
Most of them feel that the party cannot be reformed but that a new party must be created with new ideas, a new agenda, and new directions.
Will Trump give America’s science lead to China?
The world will not stand still while Trump walks the nation’s science and technology into mere clay.
Will Immigrants Who Built America Redeem It?
America is not just a land of immigrants, it was built by “foreigners” to reinvent themselves. It's time for a reality check, America—"Remember always, that all of us, you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
Biden, climate change, and China
A new Cold War = A scalding planet...
Unjust and Dysfunctional: Asylum in the UK
In its current, intensely bureaucratic form, the asylum process – particularly for people who are frightened of official agencies with their endless forms and impersonal approach – is at best intimidating, at worse dysfunctional.