When ‘Decorum’ Means ‘Mob Rule,’ It’s Time to Break It
2023-05-08
In Tennessee and Montana, Republicans silenced the voices of three young lawmakers because they dared to challenge the undemocratic status quo., Read MoreContinue Reading
Mission Not Accomplished
2023-05-08
Twenty years later, Iraqi victims of war toxins deserve justice., Read MoreContinue Reading
WI State Rep. Chuck Wichgers Says ‘Demons’ Control the Wisconsin State Capitol
2023-05-08
Christian musician turned right-wing political activist Sean Feucht continues to travel across the country with his “Kingdom to the Capitol” tour, which is a joint project he launched with right-wing youth organization Turning Point USA to bring Feucht’s mix of worship and hard-right politics to every state capitol in theContinue Reading
Die Jim Crow Records Releases New Music From Hip-Hop Artist Wrongfully Convicted And Imprisoned For 25 Years
2023-05-08
Die Jim Crow Records, the first record company to work exclusively with musicians impacted by the United States prison system, has collaborated with another formerly incarcerated artist named EL BENTLY 448.Wrongfully convicted, EL BENTLY 448, who is also known as Leon Benson, spent 25 years in an Indiana prison. TenContinue Reading
Abbott vetoes demonstrate continued antipathy toward #cjreform, bootlicking toward police unions
2023-05-08
My better half, Kathy Mitchell, posted this on Facebook about Gov. Abbott’s criminal-justice vetoes, and since I hadn’t written anything on the subject yet, with her permission I’m re-posting it here. For a more sanguine perspective on what Grits has called the worst Texas legislative session on criminal justice inContinue Reading
Win A Rare Green Day Collectible By Helping Virginia Flip Blue
2023-05-07
And In The Process Help Your Favorite Candidate Win $1,000 From Blue America We’ll get into the contest in a second; we just want to make sure that you know that the Virginia legislative elections are this year, 2023, not next year like most elections. We’re trying to flip theContinue Reading
Rural counties hurt worst by politicizing bail policy: My testimony against Texas’ bail bill
2023-05-06
Today your correspondent testified against HB 2 – the Governor’s bill attacking judicial discretion in bail setting – in the House Select Constitutional Violations and Remedies Committee, but in 3 minutes couldn’t get through it all. So lets post my (mostly prepared) remarks here. _______________ Good morning Mr. Chair, MadameContinue Reading
The Other Americans: Press Freedom is Under Attack in Central America
2023-05-05
World Press Freedom day rang hollow across the region, where newsrooms have been shuttered, journalists detained, and one outlet is relocating to another country., Read MoreContinue Reading
Silence Dissent With Decorum(tm)
2023-05-05
The beautiful state of Montana isn’t usually featured very prominently in the news. It will be getting much more attention now given the outrageous, anti-democratic moves of the Republican-controlled state legislature., Read MoreContinue Reading
Adapting to the Climate Crisis in East Africa
2023-05-05
Somalia, along with its neighbors in the Horn of Africa, are expected to up to 55 million people displaced due to climate instability by 2050., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Origins and Afterlife of the Infamous John Birch Society
2023-05-05
Long before The Traitor took office, a secretive group of elite conservatives conjured a paranoid, conspiratorial style of politics that would eventually go mainstream., Read MoreContinue Reading
Edge of Sports: Erasing Roberto Clemente
2023-05-05
In the land of empty libraries and dumbed-down Advanced Placement tests, a children’s book about ‘The Great One’ seems enough to rattle Florida authorities and embolden angry white parents., Read MoreContinue Reading
Work Won’t Love You Back: We Were Warned
2023-05-05
The East Palestine disaster is a reminder that rail workers’ fight for safety is also a form of bargaining for the common good., Read MoreContinue Reading