by David L. Nevins This week, our congressional dysfunction continued as the vote on the For the People Act was along purely partisan lines with a vote of 50 Democrats […]
Opinion
Gerrymandering W.Va.: Pizza slices or salamanders?
The 2020 Census is complete, the results are due in September, the West Virginia Legislature has already announced appointments to the state’s redistricting committees and we can already foresee the […]
It’s all about the narratives
by David Zurawik I want to thank Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Maryland U.S. Rep. Andy Harris for providing me with some clarity. Really. Last week, I was on […]
An important and timely victory for free speech
Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy sounded like she was mad at the world when she failed to make the varsity cheerleading squad at Mahanoy High School in Eastern Pennsylvania. She posted a […]
What’s the Republican Party so afraid of?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an extended version of today’s editorial, containing additional information about what was in the For the People Act as well as additional quotes. For the shortened […]
It is time to end homelessness
by Donald Whitehead and Joel Segal On any given night in the United States, upward of a half-million people are homeless. And that doesn’t include the millions of others who are […]
S.D. rocked again as a wind turbine plant shuts its doors
John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have a better choice […]
Happy Pride to the L, G, B, T, Q and everyone in the ‘+’
Asexual: An individual who does not experience sexual attraction. Each asexual person experiences relationships, attraction and arousal differently. Bisexual: A person who acknowledges in themselves the potential to be attracted […]
NCAA put on notice for athlete salaries
by Noah Feldman In an important 9-0 opinion, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision saying that the NCAA is violating the antitrust laws by denying educational benefits to […]
The right to bear arms does not extend to Black people
Conservatives have a special purgatory for uppity Black women who dare question America’s founding myths. New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones — her Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” centralized slavery in […]
