Ugly Ties: The Trump Administration and Hate Groups
The Trump administration has had no problem speaking to, working with, and headhunting from organizations classified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Here, I have compiled numerous instances of officials in... Read More
For the Love of Women! Absurd Abortion Laws Must Be Stopped
The assault on constitutional rights and civil liberties coming from the religious right and the GOP continues, as conservative Republicans set their sites on purging life-saving care and abortive services from women’s healthcare. In Wisconsin,... Read More
The Liberal Lean to States’ Rights
“Our administration wants you to innovate. Now is the time to usher in a new era of state-based innovation,” Vice President Mike Pence recently told a group of apprehensive Republican governors who opposed the cuts... Read More
This Is What Democracy (of, by, and for the People) Looks Like
I’d never been in a Senate office building before. Although it made perfect sense, I wasn’t expecting to have to walk through a metal detector right when I entered. “Oh, do I need to take... Read More
AHA Endorses Reintroduction of Do No Harm Act
As President Trump has kowtowed to the religious right in order to maintain some level of popular support for his presidency (first by calling for the non-enforcement of the Johnson Amendment and now by supporting... Read More
Classroom Politics: Florida’s New Law on Education
On July 8 a Florida law took effect that gives residents from all over the state, regardless of whether or not they have children in Florida’s public school system, the opportunity to contest what kids... Read More
“Charitable” Conservatives
Conservative Christians love to talk about how the evil, godless secularists rarely do anything for charity. However, so many Christian charities are riddled with their own issues (an alarming number are featured on CharityWatch’s Hall... Read More