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The Mean Drunk and the Mendacity

by Martha Burk

I fear the Senate will conclude that boys will be boys — and sometimes sexual predators — but they can still grow up to be Supreme Court justices.

by Julie Bates

Take it from a postal worker: If the U.S. sells its public mail service, consumers will lose big time.

by Frank Clemente

While Americans watched the Senate, House Republicans passed an extra $3 trillion tax cut for rich people and corporations.

by Bob Lord

Women who report assault deserve to hear that we believe them, and that we can back them up — because we’ve heard the other side.

by Mitchell Zimmerman

When you look at the surrounding circumstances, it’s clear: Brett Kavanaugh has everything to gain by lying. Christine Blasey Ford has nothing.

by George Faraday

The top 100 federal contractors now send over 8,000 jobs overseas a year — triple the rate under Obama.

by Aniqa Raihan

I know what it’s like to seek justice against all odds. The fact that women keep doing it speaks volumes.

by Jill Richardson

When I hear people shouting on TV that an assault in one’s teens doesn’t matter, it feels like they’re shouting at me, too.

by Bob Lord

Wealth is more concentrated now than it was in John D. Rockefeller’s day.

by Khalil Bendib

Thou shalt grab them by the judiciary.