Yearly Archives: 2017
Trump pick for White House environmental council profited from oil drilling, energy industry speaking...
“It’s unsettling to learn about the close ties that White has to the very interests and entities that she’s been tasked to oversee.”
GOP tax cuts won’t pass this year – or maybe even next
In Part 1 of a two-part interview, former Reagan economic adviser Bruce Bartlett says Trump is lying about tax reform: it will benefit the super rich and hurt everyone else.
A nation of relentless savagery
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: My own government, I cannot be silent.”
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump’s transgender military ban
Yet another defeat for the Trump administration.
CO2 levels reached all-time high in 2016
Hopefully, this drastic increase in CO2 levels will be discussed and debated in the upcoming climate talks.
Trump admin continues threats & provocations against North Korea, laying groundwork for nuclear war
Tensions between North Korea and the United States have been building after a series of nuclear and missile tests by Pyongyang and intense verbal exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Trump budget undercuts US commitment to global wildlife conservation
For the planet’s most spectacular and endangered wildlife, public participation in the seemingly mundane wrangling over budgetary priorities has never been more important.
The 1967 mobilization against the war in Vietnam: Confrontation at the Pentagon
Hopefully we can all learn something useful for today by looking back at this crucial event through the eyes of someone whose worldview was shaped by his participation in it.
Why are you a Democrat?
I want to hear what you think it means to be a progressive and a Democrat. Let’s engage in some Citizen Research and see what emerges.
Lessons from Tennessee: Confront hate and win
Outnumbered by more than three to one and late for their own event, the White Lives Matter demonstrators left.