by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 8, 2016 | Climate, Democracy
KOTV reports Thursday night on the hundreds who gathered in Tulsa in support of the Standing Rock Sioux and others opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. The fight between Native Americans and the financial interests dead set on pushing an environmentally hazardous oil...
by Miles Mogulescu | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
For this unenthusiastic Hillary Clinton voter—and I’m sure I’m not alone—there are two main reasons for voting for Hillary and urging others to do the same. The first is to keep Donald Trump’s tiny fingers away from the nuclear codes and to prevent a racist,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Economy, Election 2016
Just when you thought that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's "outreach" to African-American voters could not get more absurd, The New York Times on Thursday published the "draft script" of an interview Trump is scheduled to videorecord Saturday in...
by Martha Burk | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, Democracy
Donald Trump made a phony photo-op trip to Mexico City on Wednesday, where his Mexican "rapists, murderers, and drug dealers" miraculously morphed into "amazing people" who are "beyond reproach." The Republican presidential candidate's joint appearance with Mexican...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, This Is The GOP
Two Republican judges ceded their principles last week to Ohio Republicans intent on suppressing the African-American vote. The Ohio GOP, like their counterparts nationally, have decided that if they can’t win minority voters, they will cheat. So over the past decade,...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog, Democracy
If a company does something bad to you, you can sue them, right? Actually, thinking that is so 1970s. These days, gimmicks called "arbitration clauses" in contracts you are forced to sign basically let companies do what they want and keep you from taking them to...
