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Las Vegas shooting

Enough “thoughts and prayers,” do something!

October 6, 2017

There’s a vicious cycle in America. A mass shooting happens, people are killed and injured, shock and melancholy sets in across the nation – for about a week and a half. Then what? Well, thoughts and...

Ivanka Trump is not a feminist

April 8, 2017

Compared to her father, Ivanka Trump is a semi-decent human being. She’s young, beautiful, well-spoken, stylish and carries herself with grace. She’s successful. She’s a wife and mother. And yes,...

Identity politics are — whether we like it or not — a part of today’s politics

April 6, 2017

After a bruising defeat to a woman in the Democratic Primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders launched into a diatribe against identity politics — that is, “a tendency for people of a particular religion, race,...

Trump’s budget is cruelty incarnate

March 22, 2017

Unveiling his first budget blueprint as President of the United States (coupled with his support of the Republican replacement for Obamacare), Donald Trump has signaled that he has no problem screwing...

The case for the Equal Rights Amendment

March 16, 2017

Antonin Scalia, former Supreme Court Justice and judicial darling of the right, once said, “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is if it prohibits...

GOP alternative to Obamacare is a cruel, ill-prepared sham

March 16, 2017

After seven years of pounding their chests, clutching their pearls and screaming from the rooftops, Congressional Republicans have finally unveiled their Obamacare replacement. It has become clear that...

The case for an Equal Rights Amendment

March 10, 2017

Antonin Scalia, former Supreme Court Justice and judicial darling of the right, once said, “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is if it prohibits...

Michael Flynn is the first of Trump’s appointments to go

February 22, 2017

Irony is dead in the age of the Trump Administration. For two years, President Donald Trump and his camp of right-wing minions called for Hillary Clinton to be “locked up” for her role in her infamous...

Betsy DeVos could spell doom for America’s public schools

February 16, 2017

In honor of Betsy DeVos becoming Education Secretary, here’s a problem for the math majors: If you have $200 million and need 51 votes in the Senate to get a job you aren’t qualified for, how much...

The problem is not Muslims; it’s white men

February 10, 2017

President Donald Trump has issued over 15 executive orders since taking the oath of office. The most egregious of these was the Muslim ban, in which refugees, visitors, green-card holders and foreign allies...

Trump kicks off presidency with authoritarian zeal

February 5, 2017

It’s been almost two weeks since Donald Trump took the oath of office. After a bleak day with a depressed inauguration turnout, President Trump and his newly formed alliance of Washington outsiders stormed...

Republicans betray Americans with first step toward repealing ACA

January 26, 2017

On Jan. 12, the United States Senate, in the dead of night, took the first steps to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — commonly known as Obamacare. In a partisan 51-48 vote, the...

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