| Mar 24, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyRepresentative Steve Scalise might not be for sale, but he is available for long-term lease. The lease is straightforward: Lobbyists pony up millions of corporate dollars to “keep and expand our [Republican] majority in Congress,” as Scalise puts it. Then...
| Mar 18, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyAs a teaching assistant in a class on race in the United States, I’ve probably paid more attention to the #BlackLivesMatter movement than a lot of my white peers. The professor who teaches the course here in Madison, Wisconsin — where I’m pursuing a PhD in...
| Mar 11, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyOne of the most important lessons I learned growing up was that if I played by the rules and worked hard, I could accomplish anything. This was — and still is — an American value taught to all children who grow up in this country and attend our public education...
| Mar 10, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyGeneral Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of staff, wants to honor a particular military hero. Well sure, who doesn’t admire General George Washington? Or maybe a hero from the Civil War or World War II? Here’s a twist: Maybe it’s...
| Mar 4, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyAfter the Supreme Court’s democracy-mugging decree that let corporations dump unlimited amounts of money into our elections, a guy named Larry sent me an email that perfectly summed it all up: “Big money has plucked our eagle!” Thanks to the...
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