Sunshine Week Has Come and Gone - Let's Have Real Sunshine in Government...
Sunshine Week was March 16-22. It has come and gone. Kathi Bearden, Board President, New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, wrote," Sunshine Week focuses on the importance of open government. No...
View ArticleGenerational Change, In-Migration and Democratic Prospects in the South
Are young southerners turning toward the Democrats? Are people moving into the South inclined toward the Democrats? When will the southern Democratic Party be competitive again? The historic...
View ArticleGeneral Elections in Afghanistan - Possible Portents
It seems to be the season for general elections. The one in Afghanistan has just concluded; the one in India will take nine days of polling to conclude, while the legislative elections in Indonesia...
View ArticleThe Underdogma of Elizabeth Warren
At American Family Voices, we are doing a series called "The Aggressive Progressive" to feature the speeches of bold progressive leaders, but with a twist. I add graphics like stylized portraits,...
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Immigration Gets Uglier for Obama by the Day
A march on the White House against deportations. The fight around immigration has been pretty ugly: from the racially-charged rhetoric to comments about about DREAMers having "calves the size of...
View ArticleHow a Film Could Get You 25 Years in Jail!
Twenty years ago this April close to one million Rwandans were slaughtered by machetes, hand grenades and bullets in the swiftest and, perhaps, most savage genocide in modern history. Ten years ago, I...
View ArticleDebasement of Science
Republican politicians are in the habit of labeling science credible only if it supports their positions. If it doesn't, the science often ends up the object of their ridicule. House Science Committee...
View ArticleImproving the Odds for America's Children
“. . . We see repeated efforts in Congress in recent years to take resources away from poor and middle-class children and families, like food stamps and tax credits and education funding and access to...
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Friday Talking Points -- Happy 50th, Civil Rights Act Of 1964!
We have some "old business" to take care of here, first, before we begin. Last week, the subtitle of this column was "And Counting," which referred to the 7.1 million signup figure reached by the...
View Article'Privatization' Is Not 'Privacy'
Author's note: I had the privilege on April 4 of delivering the following remarks as part of a panel on "Creating the Politics of Privacy," a session of the capstone conference for Ohio State's 2013-14...
View ArticleIs the Nonprofit Mental Health Industry Misleading Congress?
Congress is being misled by the nonprofit mental health industry, which argues that ordinary life events like bad grades, being unemployed, having an unhappy marriage, and this year's cause célèbre,...
View ArticleProfiling Should End
Because Arab Americans and American Muslims have been waiting to see when the Obama Administration would finally act to end Bush-era ethnic and religious profiling guidelines and practices, we were...
View ArticleJeb: Too Moderate for Today's GOP?
"Decision 2016" -- or maybe we should just call it "Dynasty"...
View ArticleErdogan Chooses Soccer for First-Post Election Strike Against Islamist Opponents
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan, fresh from a resounding victory in municipal elections has chosen the soccer pitch to make good on his promise to "enter the lair" of his Islamist rival,...
View ArticleThe Perversity of Profiling
The Justice Department is considering revised racial profiling guidance that, if issued, could set back race relations and basic fairness in this country. We hope that it does not make that mistake....
View ArticleA Spirit of Solidarity Within the Movement for Immigrant Rights
In a recent blog, I wrote about advocates committing "malpractice" on the immigrant communities impacted by our strategy decisions, just as lawyers commit malpractice when they fail to exercise due...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This was a week of reshuffling and resetting. On Friday, President Obama announced the resignation of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Yes, the Obamacare signup system was initially botched, but...
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Paying Your (Un)Fair Share on Tax Day
"I pay my income tax... and I starve myself to death, trying to keep my family fed. I keep my budget tight, trying to get myself ahead... a workin' man can't get nowhere today." -- Merle Haggard, "A...
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FDR, LBJ and BHO
The Democratic Party must embrace, fight for and enact economically-progressive policies. It must be the party of Main Street, not Wall Street, of the 99 percent, not the one percent. In particular,...
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If 'Money Shouts,' How Can Democracy Lower the Decibel Level So Both Sides...
By: Mark Green LISTEN HERE: David (47 percent) Corn debates Ron (not NJ's) Christie about the constitutional and political aspects of McCutcheon. Since the Roberts Court believes that money is more...
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