Rights and Democracy
Last Year, I Watched Grizzly Bears Play. This Year, They’re Going to Be Trophy Hunted.
The White House war on the Endangered Species Act is putting iconic species at risk — all to please fossil fuel companies.
Scoring Trump’s Tax Cuts So Far: $280k for Rich Lawmakers, Pennies for Working People
Very few businesses have raised wages thanks to corporate tax cuts, but executives and lawmakers are buying new yachts.
Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
The media treated Trump’s petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.
Unimpeachable Logic
There was no collusion. If there was, it’s not a crime. If it’s a crime, we can pardon ourselves. Also, there was no collusion.
The United States of Monopoly Rule
Five banks control half of all U.S. financial assets, and six conglomerates control 90 percent of our media.
I Grew Up in the Segregated South. For Me, Supreme Court Rulings Are Personal.
I fear a return to a time when our rights were considered secondary, if at all.
No More Whining on the Yacht
CEOs often make hundreds of times what their workers take home, and just got a huge tax break too. They’re still demanding more.
You’ve Heard of the Gender Pay Gap, But There’s More
It takes the typical black woman 20 months to earn what a white male worker earns in a single year.
How to Turn Back a Giant
Lancaster, Pennsylvania residents kept a private prison giant out of their community. It’s an inspiring example for others.
Statue of Infamy
Give me your tired and your poor, so I can put them in a concentration camp.