| Sep 8, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyYou know your presidential campaign is in a heap of hurt when you need Tom Perkins to defend your “abilities, intellect, and talent.” But there Perkins was in The New York Times recently, having bought a full-page ad attesting to the presidential...
| Sep 2, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyRick Smith hosts a daily radio talk show based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which bills itself as the place “where working people come to talk.” Smith makes it his business to know the pulse of the labor movement. But he admits to one area where his...
| | Rights / DemocracyThere’s a crisis in journalism. Rapidly changing consumer habits have slashed demand for the print editions of newspapers and magazines, squeezed advertising dollars, and made thousands of media jobs vanish. The news industry’s downturn has created another crisis:...
| Aug 24, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyThe late civil rights activist Julian Bond, who passed away this month, lived his life as a tireless champion of the oppressed and maligned, a battle-worn warrior for civil rights, equality, and social justice. Bond fought the good fight, and at the still-youthful age...
| Aug 19, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyExcept for maybe the Affordable Care Act, nothing gets Republican politicians fired up like Iran. In the first GOP debate alone, Scott Walker promised that he’d tear up the Iran nuclear deal on day one of his presidency. Carly Fiorina blamed the country...
| | Rights / DemocracyAbout three years ago, my dad was driving the truck he uses for his landscaping business in Phoenix, Arizona when he was pulled over. Two patrol cars cornered him for making a wide right turn. Yes, you read that right: Multiple police officers went out of their way to...
