In Defense of Asylum as the Last Hope
Maribel Hastings and David Torres For some time now, particularly during the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, Republicans have conducted an orchestrated attack not only against undocumented…
Another Horrific Reminder of the Ever-Present Threat of White Supremacy
Rep. Pramila Jayapal The Progressive Caucus joins with all those grieving in the aftermath of last night’s (May 15) deadly shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. We are devastated for…
Criminalization Threat Brings New Urgency in Fight for Digital Privacy
Kade Crockford and Nathan Freed Wessler As the shockwaves from the bombshell publication of a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade continue to reverberate, questions…
Use The Word ‘Abortion,’ Not Euphemisms
Laura K. Chapin If there’s a thing happening in D.C., like say a vote on an abortion rights bill in the Senate, you can rest assured that the…
When Will Our ‘Pro-Life’ Leaders Do Something About Gun Deaths?
Randy Evans Aaron Salter Jr., 55, was on duty at the security job that supplemented his retirement income. Ruth Whitfield, 86, was buying groceries. Celestine Chaney, 65, stopped…
Bigotry Has No Place in Our Society
NALEO In yet another mass shooting in America, the horrifying massacre of Black Americans on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, marks a tragic reminder that our nation continues…
Never Before Did So Many Demand Something So Urgently
Javier Sierra Time flies for every inhabitant of this planet, especially our children and grandchildren. While the climate alarms scream ever more loudly, and corporate polluters cover…
Racism, Discrimination, and Xenophobia, the Real Republican Invasion
Maribel Hastings and David Torres The Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, believes that the anticipated increase in the flow of migrants at the border when the so-called…
The GOP War Against the LGBTQ Community Is Not Coming. It’s Here.
James Esseks Many commentators in the LGBTQ space are talking about how the draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization might affect various…
Overturning Roe is Only the Beginning of the Threats to Women
Taylor Hirth When I was raped in 2016, one of my attackers reached inside me and pulled out my NuvaRring, an internal birth control device, and asked me…