Rights and Democracy
A Tale of Two Beaches
This summer, a heroic group of good samaritans rescued nine stranded swimmers at a Florida beach by forming a human chain. Initially, two young boys were stranded in the ocean by a rip current. As adults swam out to try to save them and couldn't return to shore...
Russian Laundromat
Republicans are Right: Going to College Hurts
Going to college is a good thing, right? That’s at least what I was told as a kid, and what led me to get a college degree. I was the first one in my family to do so. Yet new public opinion polling shows most Republicans think colleges have a negative impact on the...
The Torture-Friendly Trump Administration
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump is pro-torture. He said on the campaign trail he'd approve waterboarding "in a heartbeat," plus "a hell of a lot worse." He added: "Only a stupid person would say it doesn’t work." There are certainly a lot of...
What I Learned at Pride
Like many cities, San Diego holds its Pride Parade every summer. As a straight woman who hates traffic and crowds, I'd never gone before. This summer I decided to go. It wasn't until I began telling friends about my plans to go that I heard the varying misconceptions...
Don’t Trust Business with Education
Betsy DeVos and her husband Dick are lucky: They inherited a big chunk of the multi-billion-dollar fortune that Dick's dad Richard amassed through his shady Amway corporation. But what they've done with their Amway money is certainly not the American Way. The DeVos...
Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations
I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump, Jr., however, is tantalizingly close. The short version of the story, revealed by emails the New York Times...
The Tax Plan Moms Need
During his speech announcing that the U.S. is ditching the Paris climate accords, President Trump took a strange detour to declare "our tax bill is moving along in Congress, and I believe it's doing very well. I think a lot of people will be very pleasantly...
Tongue Tied
Domestic Terrorism in the Age of Trump
Harassment, intimidation, and physical violence against religious and ethnic minorities is on the rise. And some experts worry the Trump administration is making things worse. The attack on a Portland commuter train by a knife-wielding white nationalist who was...
