It seems imperative these days to draw attention to the demographics that divide us, especially as the demographic characteristics apply to our elected leaders. We all t...
In describing the GOP tax cuts, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that they and bonuses American workers were getting were “crumbs.” They were “tax cuts for the ri...
It’s appropriate that the U.N. special rapporteur devoted to adequate housing has visited encampments in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Mumbai -- and San Francisco, Oakland ...
The 2018 mid-term election is history now. Praise be.
It was a tough, expensive campaign that sometimes turned muddy, even bloody. Pundits from across the political spec...
Andy Thomas’s painting, “The Republican Club,” achieved some notoriety recently when it was discovered hanging in a prominent location in the Trump White House. You’ve p...
The nation’s view on our democracy has always been a unique contradiction of cheering, wailing and disinterest. The shining city on the hill is also a swampy snake pit. ...
Not long ago, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was considered a lionhearted champion of civil liberties and government transparency.
In 2007, he helped expose h...
All of a sudden, we’re all originalists and believers in the sagacity and inviolate handiwork of long-ago white males.
President Donald Trump’s trial balloon about chang...
We’ll know soon who won the fiercely contested midterm elections, but we already know who lost: We all did. This election has been a referendum on President Trump, which...
It’s hard to stay mad at Kanye West. Sure, he’s done a lot of foolish things lately and gone on a lot of hurtful rants. But he has been like a wayward son who strayed an...
