Oregon governors continue state’s progressive attitude towards capital punishment
On Monday, Dec. 12, agents of the theocratic dictatorship which has ruled Iran for 43 years executed a young man in public by hoisting him …
California’s reparations task force paints grim picture of slavery without shackles
In the debate over “critical race theory,” some Americans reject the idea that the nation should be held accountable for slavery’s aftermath. They insist that …
Democrats have a lot of work to do if they want to reverse low voter turnout
Even though Democrats did not suffer a widely anticipated wipeout in the Nov. 8 midterms – partly because of displeasure with the Supreme Court’s ruling …
Florida still among states benefiting handsomely from prison slave labor
In the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont approved ballot questions to finally abolish slavery – yes, slavery, in the year 2022 …
Democrats defied history with midterm showing but democracy still at risk
My wife recently started feeding a duck that frequents our backyard with several other wild birds. The duck has an injured leg and cannot compete …
Midterm results show decades-long GOP takeover plan still stalled
The votes are still being counted but it looks like a hurricane did not blow away Democrats in Tuesday’s mid-term elections and a decadeslong stealth …
Midterm voting: Stark choice between short-term pain and long-term gain
Even before Bill Clinton’s chief strategist James Carville proclaimed, “It’s the economy, stupid,” in 1991, it was already known that Americans vote their pocketbooks. It …
Ian was latest storm to expose GOP climate change hypocrisy
Cynics will probably say that when it was certain that Hurricane Ian would strike Florida with devastating winds and storm surges, Gov. Ron DeSantis passed …
Difficult road ahead for new EPA office tackling environmental racism
The Biden administration announced on Sept. 24 the creation of an Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). …
In the outpouring of grief for the queen, no tears for the Man in the Hole
The Egyptian-born poet Claudius Claudianus proclaimed, around 1,600 years ago, “Death renders all equal.” And so it was when, shortly before the 10 days of …