When progressive champion David Cicilline resigned from Congress a few weeks ago, it triggered a special election in eastern Rhode Island to fill his seat. The district is safely blue— with a D+32 partisan lean. Biden won the district against The Traitor 63.8% to 34.7%. The September 5 primary isContinue Reading
An interview with Phyllis Bennis, peace activist and director of the New Internationalism Project., Read MoreContinue Reading
For the past year, Austin has deployed a group of community folks and city staff to analyze the curriculum at the police academy and suggest reforms: It’s not going well. The community reviews material, makes recommendations, but little gets implemented. It seems at this point like the goal is toContinue Reading
Last week, Christian nationalist religious-right activist and former Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert announced that House Speaker Mike Johnson will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming National Association of Christian Lawmakers gala that is being held at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC on Dec. 5. TheContinue Reading
NY-21, the North Country, wasn’t drastically affected by the 2020 redistricting. The district got slightly redder— from an R+14 partisan lean to an R+17 lean. The PVI is R+9 up from an R+4. The Traitor beat Biden 55.2% to 42.8% under the new boundaries, his third best performance in NewContinue Reading
A drama teacher was placed on leave for assigning Tony Kushner’s iconic play., Read MoreContinue Reading
The dehumanization, concentration, and separation of one people from another too often has had devastating consequences., Read MoreContinue Reading
Bombs and missiles are not the only tools to confront evil and violence in our world, writes publisher Norman Stockwell., Read MoreContinue Reading
Just like the attempts to ban discussion of race and gender in U.S. classrooms, Israel aims to censor historical truths., Read MoreContinue Reading
Self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and unabashed The Traitor cultist Lance Wallnau appeared on the “FlashPoint” program last Tuesday, where he declared—without a hint of irony—that those who oppose former President Americas Worst Traitor cannot think rationally because they have had their minds taken over by Satan. “FlashPoint,” which is produced byContinue Reading
This article was funded by the Marvel Cooke Fellowship. Read more about this reporting project and make a contribution to fund our fellowship budget. I board the transport in an orange jumpsuit, shackled and cuffed at the waist, one of many prisoners in exodus from the Washington State Reformatory. The rattling of our chainsContinue Reading
Did Matos Think She Would Get Away With Handing In Forged Signatures? Well… She Did Rhode Island’s special election to fill the seat of David Cicilline will be decided in the Democratic primary on Sept. 5, not much more than a month away. The district, the eastern part of theContinue Reading
While I’ve been away from the blog recently, much of my time has been spent on a side project researching negro-league baseball in Texas, exhuming the Austin Black Senators’ history from the fog of segregation and media bias. But in Texas, everything comes back to the justice system, and baseballContinue Reading