It’s a federal holiday today. Our not-so-illustrious President has declared that it is no longer a day to celebrate Indigenous People, but rather, a day to admire “the original American hero,” Columbus. The truth is, the name of the federal holiday has never been changed from the Columbo one (and that confused navigator was Italian, … Read more
By David Hogg, Co-founder of Leaders We Deserve, a grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives. This is life in America today — where military raids against our own people are routine and Black and Brown communities are terrorized. What’s happening in Chicago right now should horrify everyone in this country — and every elected official … Read more
Using their own created shutdown as an excuse, the American Duce Wannabe and his Project 2025-American Mein Kampf-White Christian Nationalist Partner Russell Vought have, as promised, instituted a series of federal government layoffs that they have targeted as “Democrat-oriented.” Unfortunately, these layoffs are nothing more than a continuation of the federal workforce cuts, outlined in … Read more
There are moments in political life so morally bankrupt, so cynically calculated, and with such disregard for the voice of the people that they demand to be inscribed in History. Some people’s lives may best serve only as an example to others. Such is Mike Johnson. Let History take note. Speaker Johnson refuses to seat … Read more
