Head over to Bernie Sanders’s campaign website and you will find the unbridled economic populism of the first self-proclaimed socialist this side of Eugene V. Debs to have a legitimate shot at making waves in a presidential election. In his, “On… Read More ›
Trayvon Martin
Different Shades of Black: A Conversation About Race & Class in America & Abroad
On the day that I happened to visit Tallahassee last summer, a group of student activists who call themselves The Dream Defenders were going into their 3rd week of physically occupying the lobby to Governor Scott’s Capitol office in protest… Read More ›
Day 19: No Justice, No Peace in LA
This Saturday, the National Action Network organized over 100 rallies in as many cities to protest the unconscionable inaction of the State of Florida in allowing George Zimmerman to shoot an unarmed black teenager to death and receive no censure… Read More ›
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite…Or Not: Monday’s News Round-Up
For those who have been preoccupied with a Office of Congressional Ethics investigation examining the alleged misuse of your campaign funds or with facilitating pro-NRA robo-calls to the residents of Newtown, CT, here is some of the more bizarre news… Read More ›
It Can Never Happen Again…The Golden Dawn
On Wednesday, a state delegate from Baltimore’s 7th district, Patrick L. McDonough, thought it necessary to put out a news release asking Maryland State Police to intervene in the Inner Harbor to contain “roving mobs of black youths.” Now, lest… Read More ›
Who is our Keeper?
By Drew Gibson This past week, in my home state of Ohio, Representative Ron Amstutz sponsored a now-adopted bill which prohibits the distribution of any funding to Planned Parenthood of Ohio or any of its affiliates from a number of… Read More ›