Feb 22Member-onlyGOP Peddles Anti-Socialist Politics, but Is America’s For-Profit Economy Serving Americans and Democracy?While Americans struggle to meet their basic needs and make ends meet in the face of inflationary headwinds, albeit moderating ones, House Republicans have suddenly found it urgent to ramp up their attacks on America’s working families. The Republican effort to re-brand themselves as the party of the working class…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Feb 17Member-onlyHouse Resolution Denouncing Socialism Distracts from GOP’s Real Authoritarian AgendaRecently House Republicans introduced a resolution that “denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States of America.” The bill passed on a bipartisan basis by a vote of 328–86–14. 109 Democrats voted in favor of the resolution. The resolution identified socialism…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Feb 16Member-onlyOil Companies’ Record Profits Reveal How Capitalism Undermines Democracy“There you go again.” These are the famous words Ronald Reagan spoke in responding to, indeed chastising, Jimmy Carter during a presidential debate in 1980. This earnings season, we could say the same to big oil companies who did go there again by reporting record profits when Americans are struggling…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Feb 15Member-onlyMcConnell Supports Slashing Medicare and Social Security — but Wants It Done in DarknessMitch McConnell in recent days has sought to distance himself from the Republican Senator from Florida Rick Scott, whose plan to “Rescue America” involves “sunsetting” entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid every five years, meaning it would be at the discretion — indeed political whims — of Congress…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Published in engendered·Feb 14Member-onlyA White Christian Nationalist Speaks at Notre Dame Law School, Sparking No ControversyRemember last November when white supremacist Nick Fuentes and increasingly vocal anti-Semite Kanye West paid a visit to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort? Of course you do — because it sparked a huge controversy and media frenzy to have a former president and potential presidential candidate in the next…Government5 min readGovernment5 min read
Jul 11, 2022Member-onlyHow the GOP Used Trump and Why They Can Dump Him and Still Keep Screwing AmericansThe emerging trend in right-wing politics, which is quickly gaining steam, is, in a quick phrase, to dump Donald Trump. Maybe the right wing isn’t going full-on Liz Cheney in equaling her outright denunciation and prosecution of Trump for his misdeeds, but they are distancing themselves from him, for sure…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Jul 5, 2022Member-onlyBig Problem: Alito, Thomas Think Reality of Gun Violence Shouldn’t Concern SCOTUSWhile the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has come under increasing scrutiny — and earned mounting disapproval and mistrust — because of a host of recent rulings, the July 4th mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois should, sadly but hopefully, call into question not just any one of…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Published in engendered·Jul 2, 2022Member-onlyChicago Sky Celebrate 50 years of Women’s Equality Under Title IX as Alito, SCOTUS Do the OppositeAfter defeating the Minnesota Lynx, the 2021 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) champion team the Chicago Sky celebrated 50 years of educational equality for women and girls and 50 years of having opportunities opened for them that allow them to participate more fully in U.S. …Sports5 min readSports5 min read
Published in engendered·Jun 28, 2022Member-onlySupreme Court Unleashes Reign of Terror on AmericansSitting down to write this week after days of the Supreme Court’s intense right-wing assault on our constitutional rights and, really, on our right to live free from fear, I had to ask myself, “Why bother?” Reading cases in which Justice Clarence Thomas struck down a New York conceal carry…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Published in engendered·Jun 21, 2022Member-onlyWith U.S. Democracy Threatened , WNBA Exemplifies Democratic Culture of Civil and Human RightsWhile the January 6 hearings continue to reveal just how fragile — and under persistent assault — democracy is in America, it always helps to identify the sources of hope where we see counter-forces at work to sustain, protect, and expand a truly democratic culture committed to challenging white supremacy…Sports5 min readSports5 min read
