Rights and Democracy
Arizona’s Immigration Bind
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer called a news conference in Phoenix after the Supreme Court released its ruling on her state’s “papers, please” immigration law. She announced that the key components of her law “unanimously have been vindicated by the highest court in the land.” She beamed as she called the decision “a victory for the rule of law.”
Papers, Please
Our Nation’s Failing Prisons
You can tell there’s good money in prisons these days — Wells Fargo is investing in them. And why not? Since America incarcerates more of its citizens per capita than any other country, jails look like a safe bet.
Big Cable’s Plan to Lock Down Your Future
Television is at a crossroads. There are two paths to choose from and two destinies for television viewers: one better, the other far worse. The path taken will have lasting political consequences.
Obama’s DREAM Gambit
When Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced she was instructing all her agencies to stop automatically deporting young undocumented immigrants and grant them work permits, I celebrated.
Running for Magician-in-Chief
Our long national nightmare is over. Mitt Romney has won the Republican nomination for president. Let the etch-a-sketching begin.
Wisconsin’s Alien Seed
Walker will get to stay in office for the rest of his term, but he didn’t win the election — money did. This was a victory for the Citizens United edict issued two years ago by the Supreme Court’s five-man corporatist majority. This anti-democratic ruling opened the door for unlimited sums of corporate cash to barge into our national, state, and local elections and take charge. Walker is the first ugly sprouting of that alien seed.
Wisconsin Wakeup Call
We’re nice people out here in Dairyland. Just ask anyone — that’s our reputation. But the purple state of Wisconsin is a political microcosm of today’s divided America.
Recalling the Gilded Age
Organized labor, liberals in general, and President Barack Obama in particular got their heads handed to them by the good people of Wisconsin, with a little help from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
Solidarity in Reverse
