Rights and Democracy
Give Me Liberty or Give Them Death
Don’t Make the Border a Wasteland
Some Americans think of the U.S.-Mexico border as a wasteland. In fact, the mountains and deserts of our borderlands are teeming with wildlife. Here you'll find large cats like the jaguar, the subject of my research. Jaguar sightings have been reported in New Mexico...
Nurses Are Calling #TimesUp on Domestic Abuse
Few people think of nurses like me as being on the frontlines of domestic violence prevention, but we are. Among the thousands of patients I’ve treated, I’ve seen countless women who were abused. When my decades of experience and instincts as an ER nurse prompt me to...
What’s the Point of Satire Anymore?
Some might call the Trump administration a murderous mob. Specifically, they've been serial killers of the English language. The word "fact" was their first victim, assassinated last year by one of Trump’s mobsters who poisoned it with a toxic substance named:...
The ‘Other Shoe’ Just Keeps Dropping on the White House
Teachers Deserve a Raise. Here’s How to Fund It.
Teachers are ready to revolt. That’s the message we should take away from West Virginia, where educators in every county went on strike recently. The teachers secured a major victory, including a 5 percent raise for state employees. The win couldn't be more...
Business Leaders Agree: Inequality Hurts The Bottom Line
For decades, big business leaders have warned that redistributing wealth is bad for business. Taxing the rich to pay for infrastructure and education, they say, will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. But what if it’s the opposite? What if decades of stagnant...
Jeff Sessions Vs. Civil Rights
Getting Real About School Safety
Can we get real about school safety? Since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, there have been at least 239 school shootings in the United States. 438 people were shot and injured in these shootings, and 138 people were killed. On Valentine’s...
The Stunning New Cruelty of Immigration Enforcement
We've reached a cruel new phase in the U.S. government's war on immigrants without papers. And it should disturb you no matter what your views on immigration. When undocumented immigrant families are detained, they are being increasingly split up. Not only are whole...
