Georgia strengthens ‘Jim Crow’
It would take a special breed of human beings to pass a law making it a crime to offer water and food to another human …
Unchecked Senate filibuster equals doom for electoral reform
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees universal adult suffrage but it also allows disenfranchisement for committing a crime. Southern states seized on that loophole …
Gun violence is the long-neglected epidemic ravaging America
Gun violence killed more than 2,500 people in 2018 in Tijuana, the Mexican city of 1.8 million residents. That year, in San Diego, 21 miles …
Florida’s Republican leaders unveil plan to stifle protests against racial injustice
At a time when much of the nation was agonizing over an attempt instigated by the president of the United States to overthrow the government, …
Breaking American democracy: Donald Trump and the making of a coup
One tactic used by people who are likely to be accused of wrongdoing is to claim that it is the critics who are really the …
Even in defeat, Trump will cast a long shadow over the political landscape
Tens of millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016 because, it could be argued, they did not know enough about him …
Election showdown features Trump haters versus the culture warriors
The nation entered this election year still pondering Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s April 18, 2019, report which all but accused President Donald Trump of obstructing …
Re-electing Trump will lead to nightmarish autocratic state
President Donald Trump is being roundly criticized for saying that he may not accept the results of the Nov. 3 election if he loses. Critics, …
Republicans made Florida a ‘swing’ state through massive voter suppression
George W. Bush’s being awarded the presidency over Al Gore in 2000 marked one of the most astonishing outcomes in the nation’s voting history. On …
Do not be fooled into lightly dismissing the threat posed by COVID-19
Almost from the start, it has been clear that non-white Americans are disproportionately infected by the coronavirus and killed by the COVID-19 disease which it …