The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Frederick Douglas Now is the time for us to think long and hard about this quotation. Complacency is a dangerous indulgence in an age when a lie can travel around the world before the truth can even utter an objection.…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez This is probably why freshman lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grates on the good ol’ boys club in Congress. Watch this short but riveting video in which she uses a little game of Q & A to create a brutal takedown of Congress’ absurd campaign finance laws. This sharp-witted clarity revealing the ruse behind the…
Texas Republicans Hit With Another Lawsuit Over ‘Unfounded Voter Purge’ GOP efforts to codify the disastrous investigation would also likely spur lawsuits. BACK
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807-82 “If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” outre-mer, 1833-4 BACK
Texas still has the largest percentage of uninsured residents in the nation, according to a recent U.S. Census report. Texas’ rate is at 17.3 percent — nearly twice the national rate. BACK
“Neither Democrats nor Republicans will like it. But it would be humane, it would adhere to the rule of law, and it would work.” Sonia Nazario is the author of Enrique’s Journey, is a graduate of Williams College and holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She received an…
In the entire history of the United States Supreme Court only one justice has been a) nominated by a president who didn’t win the popular vote b) confirmed by a majority of senators who collectively won fewer votes in their last election than did the senators who voted against that justice’s confirmation Yes, of course,…