How gerrymandering undercuts workers’ freedom
To me, this is the end of America, if we want to live in a democracy.”
A potentially world-ending president
(Though who even notices?)
Rules vs. reality: How competing views shape the way we use language
From grammar rules to everyday slang, debates over descriptivism and prescriptivism reveal how we balance authority with the way people really speak.
Trump wants to go to heaven. But Heaven’s gate will close when he tries
If Trump wants to get into Heaven, I think that he would have to find a way to erase all the bad things he has done to try to destroy America’s democracy.
How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.
How union membership leads to a great life
Unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class, enabling these workers to leverage a stronger work-life balance than peers at nonunion workplaces.
In defense of 20th C+ liberalism, historic domestic advances, truth, justice and the American way
The big picture contrasts America of 1895 with how far we’ve come: despite setbacks and injustices, a century plus of domestic advances in freedom and justice match other enlightened nations.
The federal policing of DC has made us less safe
We must continue our defiance and resistance, or we will find that the entire country will be changed and made into a dangerous hostile white plantation once again but for all of us.
Can we protect our children from the government?
As part of back-to-school preparations, teachers are patrolling their schools against ICE arrests of students and their families.
When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?
Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.