It's Time for a Nationwide Moratorium on the Death Penalty
We still don't know where the drugs came from. We know they used midazolam and hydromorphone. We know the combination was experimental. And now we know that instead of working, the drugs took nearly...
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Petition to Congress: End Israel's Bombing and Blockade
We have just delivered a national petition organized by "Just Foreign Policy" that was created by Abir Elzowidi who lost five members of his family in the ongoing bombing of Gaza by Israel, two of them...
View ArticleRyan "Opportunity Grant" Proposal Would Likely Increase Poverty and Shrink...
A centerpiece of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new poverty plan would consolidate 11 safety-net and related programs — from food stamps to housing vouchers, child care, and the Community...
View ArticleThe Jim Crow North? Dining in New York City Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964
In the 1950s, a U.S. civil rights organization set out to investigate restaurant discrimination. As part of this effort, the organization interviewed an African-American man who related his...
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Holocaust Survivors, Gaza, and My Uncle the Instigator
My Uncle Sonny (his real name is Arthur but don't tell) has always been an instigator. The best kind. While I should have been studying about flax production in Iowa, back in eighth grade social...
View ArticleCourts Disagree Over Obamacare Subsidies
Two separate federal appellate courts issued contradicting decisions this week that could potentially impact how millions of people pay for health insurance. Details on the Decisions While the...
View ArticleThe Silent Majority
Back in May, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published the results of a comprehensive global study of anti-Semitism. They polled 53,100 people from countries spanning the globe asking whether they...
View ArticleDisability and Discrimination in Custody Battles
Imagine you are a parent who has overcome a disability. The disability could be physical that confines you to a wheelchair; or a psychiatric disability that requires you to take medication. You are...
View ArticleAnswers From Red States for Our Broken Criminal Justice System
Left, right or center, few dispute that our criminal justice system is broken. But two new and thrilling victories this month are giving real hope to activists who want more effective and humane crimes...
View ArticleThe Koch Brothers' Agenda and the Real War at Home
Two of the richest men in the entire world are plotting to dominate our elections this fall, from congressional races to school board seats. Their scheming to shove America further to the far right...
View ArticleCalifornia's Death-Penalty Regime Ruled Unconstitutional: It Should Have Been...
On July 16, 2014, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney invalidated California's death penalty. After reviewing voluminous evidence he held that: Inordinate and unpredictable delay has resulted in a...
View ArticleIraq: Rise of the Gangster State -- Why We Need a Better, Bolder Response to...
Iraq's a mess. President Obama has sent 300 elite troops back to Iraq, dispatched John Kerry to patch up splits in the shaky coalition supporting Iraq's government, and beefed up intelligence...
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Maura Healey Returns to Talk Massachusetts Attorney General Primary Race and...
This week I revisited Maura Healey, who's running for the office of attorney general in Massachusetts and was recently endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBT civil...
View ArticleGOP Leader Questions Candidate About Hate Group That Advocates Death Squads
The head of Maryland's Republican Party, Joe Cluster, has called local candidate Michael Peroutka to the woodshed for a "clarification" about his involvement with a high-profile, white nationalist...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Eric Holder and the Department of Justice
Dear Mr. Holder, et. al., I applaud your efforts to investigate big banks and hold them accountable for their illegal actions of the past decades. I am impressed you managed to get Citigroup to...
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Enough Fed! Give Free Markets a Chance!
For the past few years, we have argued that the economy needs to continue the process of deleveraging as consumer and government debt levels remain far too high from an historical perspective. While we...
View ArticleVoyage of the Damned War on Drugs
Nancy Pelosi called for Americans to deal with Central American children seeking refuge from the violence of their countries as a humanitarian crisis, citing the Conference of Catholics Bishops'...
View ArticleThe NRA's Most Ridiculous Video (So Far) Calls for Government Subsidized Free...
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been responsible for countless nonsensical, totally illogical and sadistically irrational pro-gun slogans. It's kind of what the NRA does. Its executive vice...
View ArticleInternal Memo Exposes Holes In Bruce Rauner's Nursing Home Narrative
Last week we learned that Illinois GOP gubernatorial nominee Bruce Rauner's nursing-home problems now extend to long-term-care facilities for the developmentally disabled in Texas and Florida. But...
View ArticlePresident Obama Should Go Big on Immigration Reform
On Monday, President Obama went big by signing a loophole-free executive order to protect employees of federal contractors and the federal government from employment discrimination based on sexual...
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