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The Dakota Access Pipeline Must be Stopped

November 2, 2016 climate Corporate Greed Current Events Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection global climate change Oil Police Brutality Police State Racism Leave a comment

Is Trump’s Decline in the Polls due to Voters Changing their Minds, or are Trump Voters Hiding their Vote?

October 19, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Current Events Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Republicans Voting 1 Comment

Catastrophe 2016: Trump Exposed as a Sexual Predator and Hillary’s Duplicitous Speech Transcripts Leaked

October 9, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bankers banksters Bernie Sanders Big Banks Corporatism Corruption Current Events Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Media Money in Politics News Regulation Sexism TPP Wikileaks 4 Comments

An Honest Argument for Hillary Clinton, from a Bernie Supporter

September 30, 2016 2016 Election Bernie Sanders Conservative Current Events Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Insane Republicans Neo-Conservatives Policy Progressive Racism Terrorism Voting 2 Comments

Don’t let Rioters in Charlotte Distract from the Real Protesters’ Message

September 22, 2016 Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Racism 1 Comment

CDC Reports on America’s Large, and Growing, Weight Problem

August 8, 2016 Current Events Economics Health Policy Medicare Policy 2 Comments

Multiple-Resistant Bacteria Could Send US Medicine Back to the Dark Ages

June 1, 2016 Current Events Health Policy Policy Regulation 1 Comment

Trump is Dangerously Close to Invalidating Godwin’s Law

March 16, 2016 Civil Rights Current Events Discrimination Domestic Terrorism Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans Police State Racism Republicans Terrorism Torture 24 Comments

After Bernie’s Record-Setting Win in Michigan and a Strong Debate Performance, What is His Path Forward?

March 10, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporate Greed Corporatism Current Events democracy Democrats Environmental Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Money in Politics Policy Political Debate propaganda Trans-Pacific Partnership Undocumented Immigration 2 Comments

Super Tuesday: The Democrats Run on While the GOP Continues its Slow Self-Immolation

March 4, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Conservative Current Events Democrats Donald Trump extremism Hillary Clinton Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party Voting 4 Comments

At Thanksgiving, we Must Remember the Plight of the Refugee and Our History

November 26, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Current Events Foreign Policy Immigration Policy ISIS Racism Terrorism War Leave a comment

ISIS Attacks Paris, France and the USA Must Not Repeat the Mistakes of 9/11

November 16, 2015 Criminal Justice Current Events Domestic Surveillance extremism Islam Religion in Politics Terrorism War 52 Comments

Democrats and Progressives Should Hope that Bush Wins the GOP Primary

October 26, 2015 2016 Election Campaigns Conservative Corporatism Corruption Current Events extremism Insane Republicans Racism Republicans 1 Comment

First Democratic Debate a Return to Political Sanity, Media Drops Ball in Covering It

October 15, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Criminal Justice Current Events Defense Policy Democrats Economics Elections Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Media Policy Progressive Tax Policy Voting 2 Comments

House GOP Continues Grandstanding Against Planned Parenthood

September 30, 2015 Abortion Civil Rights Congress Current Events extremism Health Policy Planned Parenthood Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Women's Rights 3 Comments

Chester Uplands County: Charter Schools Waste Thousands, Public School Teachers Agree to Work for Free

September 9, 2015 Austerity Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Current Events Discrimination education Inequality Partisan Fighting Policy Privatization 3 Comments

GOP Focus Group: Trump is Uncontrollable and Unstoppable

September 5, 2015 2016 Election Campaigns Current Events Donald Trump extremism Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting political candidates Racism Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party Voting 1 Comment

5 Strategies Police Apologists Use to Protect Officers after a Killing and Minimize the Deaths of Black Victims

August 6, 2015 BlackLivesMatter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 5 Comments

Fox News Seizes Control Over GOP Primary, Still Claims to be Non-Partisan “News” Source

July 24, 2015 2016 Election Conservative Corporatism Corruption Current Events Elections Fox News Insane Republicans Media propaganda Republicans Tea Party 4 Comments

Hillary Starts to “Feel the Bern”

July 7, 2015 2016 Election Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Current Events Democrats Elections Hillary Clinton Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Progressive 2 Comments

The Charleston Shooter, Right Wing Terrorism, and Political Hate Media

June 22, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination extremism guns Media Racism 2 Comments

Extremists Attack Draw Muhammad Contest, Illustrate Problems in Islam and Bias in the Media

May 4, 2015 1st Amendment Conservative Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination extremism Islam propaganda Racism Religion in Politics Terrorism 5 Comments

NYPD Slows Down Arrests in Protest, Fails to Recognize Irony

December 31, 2014 Criminal Justice Current Events Drug War Law and Order Police 5 Comments

Justice System Inequalities Perfectly Illustrated in the Michael Brown Shooting

December 2, 2014 Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality 44 Comments

Ebola Infection Confirmed in USA, Why NOT to Panic

October 1, 2014 Current Events Health Policy Media 4 Comments

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