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Politics
Packing the Supreme Court?
“If elected, will you pack the Supreme Court? " The right wing is going nuts. Asking this question over and...
Government shutdown: Who is really to blame?
Government shutdown: Who is really to blame?
About 48 hours into the government shutdown, Senate leader Mitch McConnell took the stage, and made a pledge....
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Race and religion
We’re Always Rooting For You
Guest Post: Reprinted with Permission by Stacie/GirlGriot We’re always rooting for you. “I see a lot of black faces here.” And the air sharpens to...
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Activism
Government shutdown: Who is really to blame?
Government shutdown: Who is really to blame?
About 48 hours into the government shutdown, Senate leader Mitch McConnell took the stage, and made a pledge....
Immigration
The Anchor Baby Myth Part 1
If you've spent any time at all around the right wing media, you are certainly familiar with the concept of anchor babies. Anchor...
Do Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes?
There is a very popular myth that the immigrants living in the US without papers are syphoning off resources that could be used to...
Trump’s Wall Part 1: The Logistics
Hey Mr. Trump! There is no doubt about it. A significant number of Americans are really excited about your plans to build a Wall along...
Why US citizens are safer in “sanctuary cities”
When Rudolph Giuliani was first elected as New York City Mayor, a group of us met with his staff during the transition to talk...
The Human and Economic Impact of Revoking DACA
They have jobs and families and car payments and mortgages. They are teachers and bank tellers and plumbers and hairdressers and students and entrepreneurs...
Guest Posts
The Moral Voting Choice – And It’s NOT….
The Moral Voting - And It’s NOT....
By Maxine Nodel My older sister (a former sixties war protester, now upper-middle-class, white-progressive, Jewish wife of a progressive...
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Arts and Culture
The 7 Train: Photos of America’s most diverse communities
Street photographer, Bruce Armstrong, has spent more than a decade photographing the metal, the movement, and the people of the majestic 7 train. Traversing...
