Monday, March 16, 2026

A Tale of Two Grandmothers

Mary Anne Grady Flores was wearing a scarf on the day she went to prison—but not for protection from the snow.

Can the United States Transcend White Supremacy?

The accomplishments of the freedom struggle, anti-lynching campaigns, the civil-rights movement are not insignificant. But that doesn’t change the white-supremacist roots and contemporary reality of the United States.

When it comes to Guns, the US is a third world country run by...

Trump may have derided sh*thole countries, but he and his ilk are exactly the people who have turned America into one.

Ten reasons why Elliott Abrams would make a dreadful deputy Secretary of State

How much more proof do we need that Elliott Abrams is unfit for public office?

Be afraid … be very afraid!

An attack on either Russia or China could very well go nuclear, in which case there will be no winners. There will be no one around period to plant flags or declare victory.

The roots of the Capitol insurrection

Allowing them and their followers to distance themselves from what happened would be the kind of strategic blunder we too often see from the centrist wing of the Democratic Party.

Hillary Clinton’s Inaugural Address

Here’s what we’d like to hear her say before Donald Trump takes office — a call for a shadow government that will watchdog everything he and Congress do.

Is the economy growing too fast? Interest rates and the fed

The potential gains from allowing the economy to continue to grow and for the unemployment rate to drop further are enormous.

Janet Yellen and the Fed: Progressives should pay attention

This should be the basis for unseating Trump, not the sabotage of the economy.

How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years

Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America