Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Is This a Scandal—Or a ‘Scandal?’

It seems Hillary Clinton didn't breach security or violate any federal record-keeping statutes—the laws were tightened after she left office. With no actual evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton and her staff, what do Republicans and their media enablers expect to find now?

What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did

Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.

How Trump’s immigration dragnet harms all US workers

In all, the nation has so far lost more than a million foreign-born workers amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

The American Dream: Living to 18

"You don’t want to die in a matter of seconds because of cops.” This has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement across the country and has put the American Dream for our younger generations into better perspective.

Capital Punishment? A Dead Policy Walking

Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, even though there were no eyewitnesses, nor fingerprints. Was he a victim of bias and racism?

Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal

The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.

Trump holds a trump card: The power to pardon

U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2 on pardon power of the president: ‘The President shall...have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.’

The next wars are always here

Because the next wars were always here, looming. We just need the clarity to see them and the force to stop them before they begin.

Biden’s $7 billion Afghan heist

“We can’t bring our loved ones back, but we can save the lives of people in Afghanistan by advocating that the Biden Administration release this money to its rightful owners: the Afghan people.”

Is it Watergate yet?

We can hope that this administration's attempts to bully the press corps will not only fail, but backfire.