Last week was the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Fire. I was on the Real News Podcast with Mel Buer to discuss it. She's very good at talking about this stuff succinctly; I am less so. She lays out the history quickly and effectively and...
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Among the many idiosyncrasies of The United States of America, a large, erratic federal republic sandwiched between Mexico and Canada, is the practice of scattering various elections of significance on.
Trump's base of adherence to email security protocol voters is not going to like this: Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael.
JFC on a pogo stick: The details of the tariffs are still unclear, which is one reason the markets are so on edge. Political leaders are on edge as well, because Mr. Trump has made clear that the tariffs will fall on adversaries like China...
Just a ridiculous thing that doesn't really matter by itself but is nonetheless indicative of the direction we're headed: For the Spring 2025 semester, final grades are due by noon.
Last week, Secretary of Homeland Security and puppy-killer Kristi Noem made a video standing in front of a group of imprisoned men in El Salvador. This is the prison to.
LOL on this one: Damn. Ranking Member Kamlager-Dove calls GOP witness Matt Taibbi a "serial sexual harasser" and enters articles into the congressional record about his history as a sex pest [image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks in front of a crowd on Jan 19 at the Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center. At the rally, not only did Trump talk about.
I have long taken the position that Cory Booker is an underrated senator, more progressive than his reputation, and here's another example: Sen. Cory Booker is planning to hold the.
Just for the heck of it, I decided to do my own research on the question of what place Donald Trump had in the American cultural and political consciousness during his years in the (relative) celebrity wilderness. Trump's first peak of fame was in the...
I was in northeastern Alabama yesterday and crossed into the state on I-59. I needed a restroom break thanks to exhaustion after Big Ears leading to too many Coke Zeroes..
Here's my list of books read in March. Last month's list is here. This goes out to my book patron, known as PS, who sends me books that make up.