Rights and Democracy
The End of an Alliance for Police Reform
In July 2016, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch committed the Department of Justice to investigating the shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man who was murdered by police outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge. The move represented the deepening of a tangible...
The Banksters Are Free at Last
Of all the people suffering economic pain today, who should get priority attention from the new president and Congress? Regular folks in our country might say that those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder — the poor and downtrodden working class — ought to be...
Attila the Trump
Get to Know Your Muslim Neighbors
For a South Jersey girl, my upbringing was markedly ordinary. I played soccer. I joined student council. I walked to my Sicilian grandmother’s house every day after school. And just like everyone else in my small town of Hammonton, my summer revolved around...
Trump’s Phony Populism on Military Spending
There’s a lot of misdirection going on these days. Anybody whose head hasn't been spinning over the last couple of weeks has probably been in a nice news blackout somewhere. We’ll all need some strategies if we're going to stay sane. One is making sure that in the...
Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Would Leave All of Us Vulnerable
One of the primary purposes of the U.S. Constitution is to establish justice. It’s right there in the opening words: "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice…" It’s our Supreme Court that has the responsibility of safeguarding our...
Authoritarian Bumbling
The real story of the Trump administration to date isn't about any one policy. It's about Trump and a small group of insiders throwing their weight around — and incompetently at that. That should concern everyone who cares about the Constitution and the rule of law —...
It’s 1984 in Trumplandia
Tromp-tromp-tromp — troops are marching to battles. Boom-boom-boom — bombs are blowing up communities. Whoooosh — poisonous gas is being released. Forget Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan — this is Trump’s War. Our bellicose commander in chief is at war in the homeland,...
Constitutional Government. Sad!
Don’t Play Into Trump’s Hands on the Muslim Ban
I'm a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I'm terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump's "Muslim ban." As I watched administrative chaos and rapidly organized protests unfold at airports all over America, I was overwhelmed with messages from...
