“Just as food is essential for the existence of life, voting is essential for the existence of democracy.”
Those are the words of iconic civil rights activist and progressive radio talk show host Joe Madison on November 8, the day he announced he was beginning a hunger strive to urge…
Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the American experiment?
While we haven’t slipped into full-on fascism yet, a recent Global State of Democracy (GSoD Indices) report from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance includes the United States for the first time in its annual list…
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in recent history is the exposure average Americans got to…
Protectionist trade policies aren’t just good for American jobs.
They’re good for national security.
As tensions heat up between the United States and China over Taiwanese independence, it’s time re-evaluate who supplies us with the goods on which we rely for daily existence.
The current “supply chain” debacle is a…
One of the ways Donald Trump secured the republican nomination for president, and ultimately the White House in 2016, was his opposition to other GOP contenders on Medicare, Social Security, healthcare, and the Iraq war.
While the other republicans-Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, et al.-proudly stood on…
In the richest country in the history of the world, nearly half a million people lack indoor plumbing.
No surprise, most of them are people of color.
According to research from the Plumbing Poverty Project (PPP), in conjunction with King’s College London (KCL) and the University of Arizona, “plumbing poverty”…
While the “human infrastructure” bill known as the “ Build Back Better Act” will unfortunately have to wait a little longer, Saturday marked an historic day in America when House Democrats finally passed the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.”
President Joe Biden explained:
“The House of Representatives passed an Infrastructure…
For two weeks, the New York City Taxi Workers’ Alliance ( NYTWA) members have been engaged in a hunger strike outside City Hall demanding Mayor Bill de Blasio grant debt relief for the taxi medallion price crash affecting thousands of drivers.
Many are aware Meta — the company now formerly known as Facebook — is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls.
But human traffickers?
Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one alleges Facebook and Instagram were…
