by Larry Stafford | Jun 27, 2018 | Blog
Last night, a Progressive earthquake shook Maryland’s establishment politics to their core. Ben Jealous’s primary victory puts Maryland within striking distance of the progressive governor we deserve and need. His victory marks the ascendance of a movement that’s...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog
There’s no “civil” way to say it: The Trump administration is torturing immigrant children. A liberal television personality wept openly for these children a few days ago, and I’m glad she did. But it's important to remember that these terrible events reflect more...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog
If the Supreme Court rules against workers in Janus vs. AFSCME, it will hurt children at a time when it's become shamefully commonplace for our government to abuse those of a tender age. Pushing the Janus case to a compliant Supreme Court is the conservative...
by Jacqueline Bediako | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
Arrive on the scene. Shoot. Bang. Dead child. Gone forever. Mother crying. Blood pressure, spiked. Doom, imminent. Siblings, distraught. Funeral. This predictable chain of events is what seems to happen when police officers arrive on the scene. Calling the police...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
By signing an executive order ending forced separation of immigrant families, President Donald Trump has admitted that this cruel practice was his administration’s policy and that he could have stopped it at any time. Despite having the power to stop taking children...
by Tim Wilkins | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
I first saw them sitting as a group in Terminal B at Dallas International Airport. Clean-cut young teens in matching sweatsuits - must be a volleyball team from a private middle school, I thought. They looked weary, but so was I - we'd just found out that our American...
