| Jul 15, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyThe Moral Monday movement is mobilizing again. This feisty coalition, based in North Carolina, is an inspiring model of workaday people coming together to reclaim their rights from far-right-wing politicians and plutocrats running amok. Led by the NAACP, tens of...
| Jul 10, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyThe beauty of our country’s present system of government is that anyone is perfectly free to buy a member of Congress. Isn’t that what democracy is all about? Take the Koch brothers. Of course, these multibillionaire industrialists prefer to buy everything...
| Jul 9, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyRepresentative Spencer Bachus stands out among conservatives. Representing Alabama’s 6th district, he’s built his political reputation as a supporter of fiscal responsibility, limited government and constitutional rights — with special attention to the...
| | Rights / DemocracyResidents of Lawrence, Massachusetts — a city of more than 77,000 people 30 miles north of Boston — can finally do something that many people take for granted: ride a bus downtown. As the Eagle-Tribune in the nearby town of North Andover reported, before July 1 you...
| | Rights / DemocracyA wide majority of U.S. voters say black Americans who can’t get ahead should blame themselves for their troubles instead of racial discrimination. That’s one of the more startling findings from a recent Pew Research Center effort to bunch voters into...
| Jul 2, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyRep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) recently used a World Cup analogy to castigate his Republican colleagues for blocking immigration reform. “Leave the field, too many flagrant offenses and unfair attacks. You’re out,” Gutierrez said. “Hit the showers....
