Stephen Donziger’s Case is an Embarrassment to the US Justice System (Video)
For the first time in United States history, someone sentenced to prison was prosecuted not by the US Justice Dept. (DOJ) but by an...
The Greatest Threat to Public Health is Not COVID–It’s Climate Change
What is the greatest threat to global public health?
Many will argue it's COVID-19.
That's a reasonable claim since, as of this writing, there are 41,645,545...
15 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Discarded in the Past Six Months
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 372.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the United States since vaccinations...
We Can Now Stop Worrying About Our Kids Inheriting Bush’s War
It was the end of period three, the last of three classes in a row before I had a break.
The teaching assistant assigned to...
SCOTUS Abortion Decision Just Proved Again Why Elections Matter
We might be witnessing the beginning of the end of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision that legalized safe abortions in 1973.
Despite...
Low Wages Are the Problem, Not ‘Lazy Freeloaders’
Do you have that neighbor who bends your ear about the latest outrage he heard on Fox so-called "news"?
Maybe it's a relative who never misses...
UN Report: ‘A Code Red for Humanity’ If We Ignore Urgent Climate Action
It's bad.
Really bad.
Some phrases climate experts are using now are “record-shattering,” “out of time,” “unprecedented,” and even “irreversible.”
Several previously optimistic about our ability to...
The Eviction Moratorium Has Expired–Biden Urges States to Continue
Democrats hold the majority in both houses of Congress and they hold White House.
So how did such an important democratic issue like the eviction...
Recent Studies Suggest Erectile Dysfunction a Possible COVID Side Effect (Video)
The Delta variant of the COVID-19 disease now accounts for around 83 percent of confirmed infection rates in the United States.
The Centers for Disease...
There is Literally No More Time Left to Dither on Climate Change (Video)
"Bleak."
"Getting worse."
"Record-shattering."
"Out of time."
"Deadly."
These are the phrases being used lately to report on the climate emergency.
Here are some recent headlines:
Associated Press: "Heat wave...
Scared Republicans Cancel References to Race in Libraries and Schools
It's bad enough to have Q-Anon adherents like Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene occupying a seat on the racist "America First" caucus in the...
‘The Former Guy”s Concentration Camps Are Still Open Under Biden
For all the ways Joe Biden is surprising many by taking more uncharacteristically progressive stances on domestic issues, there is one area in particular where he...
Right-Wing Extremist Groups Fight to Turn Back the Clock
Right-wing extremist groups are on the rise.
Although one might be tempted to assume their activity is confined mostly to social outcasts languishing in their...
American Schools Are the Next Battleground Against Republican Fascism
Republicans don't need to wait until they hold a congressional majority again to wreak havoc on democracy.
We needn't look further than state-level legislation tailored...
When Will Democrats Learn to Stop Expecting Republican Support?
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives.
They hold a narrow majority in the Senate.
They have the White House.
So why are they bowing...
The Biden Administration Stands Up to Big Pharma for Vaccines (Video)
After Democratic backlash ensued regarding the Biden administration’s decision to maintain the Trump-era cap on refugees permitted to enter the United States, the White House increased the...
America Will Never Confront Its Racism If It Keeps Denying It’s Racist (Video)
Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott proclaimed in his rebuttal to President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress last Tuesday that...
Bills in Republican Legislatures Allow Motorists to Run Over Protesters (Video)
Republicans are afraid.
One term of Donald Trump's naked racism, xenophobia, and general incompetence cost them both houses of Congress and the White House.
They know...
Covid Variants Threaten to Prolong the Pandemic If We Don’t All Vaccinate
Have you gotten your Covid-19 vaccine yet?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Thursday, one third of the United...
North American Women Are Still Six Decades Behind Men in Pay Equity (Video)
It's no surprise American working women make less money than men.
That is a cruel institutional bias women have had to endure since the dawn...
