Rights and Democracy
Remembering Bill Collins
The OtherWords founder was a small-city mayor who traveled the world, an Army veteran who hated war, and above all a devoted citizen.
Merrick Garland Hears No Evil
Has the attorney general tuned into the January 6 hearings?
It’s Time to Crack Down on Excessive CEO Pay
The pay gap between workers and CEOs at America’s largest low-wage employers is now 670 to 1. That’s obscene.
Like Bad Science Fiction: The Growing Danger of Anti-Abortion Extremism
Contraceptives banned. Miscarriages prosecuted. Pregnant people under surveillance. Is this the future Americans want?
The Far Right Hates ‘Woke’ Society Because They Want One That’s Asleep
Florida governor and rising GOP star Ron DeSantis has made a favorite hobby of censoring speech and thought.
The Infernal Manchin Machine
Can Dems pass anything at all through Manchin’s buzzsaw?
Selfishness Fuels the War on Abortion
Stories abound of conservative women who picket out front of clinics quietly coming in the back to get their own abortions.
Even Goldwater Would Be Too Left for Today’s Republicans
The GOP is harnessing the fanatical horsepower of neo-confederates and Q-anon extremists to entrench corporate elites.
Homelessness Is a Policy Choice — And We Can Choose Differently
Much of my adult life has been spent homeless or incarcerated. Here’s how we can help people keep a roof over their heads.
How to Prevent an American Theocracy
Six judges shouldn’t get to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights. Expand the Supreme Court.