| Jun 23, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyAt last, America’s political leaders now feel the pain of the poor and empathize with the millions of working families slipping out of the middle class. For years, politicians paid no attention to the ever-widening chasm between the rich and the rest of us. But...
| Jun 17, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyIn the 1996 election it was the soccer mom. In 2004 it was the NASCAR dad. Could 2016 be the year of the Internet voter? The Internet has grown from a fad to an essential tool to a platform that’s catalyzed a growing political constituency. Pollsters have identified a...
| | Rights / DemocracyOne of the biggest questions of the day is: Why do the rich keep getting richer and the middle class keep getting poorer? This also ranks as the dumbest question of the day, week, month, or year. To anyone who’s been paying attention, it’s obvious why...
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| Jun 10, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyWhen Dennis Hastert was indicted for trying to cover up some $3.5 million in hush money payments to a man he’d allegedly sexually abused decades ago, Washington was shocked. I wasn’t. I was shocked that Hastert, who’d spent the better part of his life in public...
| | Rights / DemocracyWe’re supposed to be the “land of the free.” But believe it or not, the United States is actually the most incarcerated country on the planet. It’s true: While the United States has just 5 percent of the world’s population, it houses 25 percent of...
