Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Trump isn’t ready for a girl from the Bronx
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump might both be from New York City, but she doesn't think he knows to deal with a girl from the Bronx.
Senate to vote on the Freedom to Vote Act next week
“To pass meaningful legislation, we must put aside our differences and find the common ground within our party.”
Just 6% of US House seats expected to be competitive thanks to rigged maps
The vast majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are becoming non-competitive.
America’s midterm elections turn menacing
With the approach of crucial congressional and state elections, no one should be surprised that domestic terrorism has emerged from the ranks of President Donald Trump's hyper-partisan supporters. In fact, given Trump’s pattern of incitement, many have warned that some of his followers would resort to violence.
After Paris, Imagine the Children of Syria
The recent attacks on Paris are terrible, but is indiscriminate retaliation only fueling the flames of terrorism?
No sympathy for the devils
The old adage (I’m lying. I just made it up) of “If you believe there is a devil, then you must believe there is a God too.”
Speaker Pelosi: Put Republicans on the investigating commission
A divided vote would have less of an impact but at least the facts would in the open, and the voters can make their own decision.
How we stop a gerrymandering catastrophe
Our best shot at saving our democracy is right now. It’s time to act.
Greta Thunberg slams COP25, says response to climate crisis is ‘clever accounting and creative...
“I still believe that the biggest danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative PR."
In Haiti, Washington meddling missed by press
Haitian and foreign readers and viewers would be so much better served if corporate media could follow the advice of its own codes of ethics.