The GOP’s gun-flaunting ads, apocalyptic messaging, and demonization of opponents are steering its followers toward bloodshed. By Mitchell Zimmerman | November 2, 2022 Republished with Permission: The
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GOP ADS CRY “CRIME!” BUT HOMICIDES ARE ACTUALLY FALLING
Violent crime is down immensely since the 1990s, with recent years accounting for only very minor fluctuations. (Graphic: FBI) Rather than running on their unpopular
THE GOP’S 2022 PLATFORM IS A GRAB BAG OF NUTTINESS
When not attacking the Muppets, the party’s leading figures have spent the year laying out plans to tax the poor and eliminate Social Security. By Jim
THE GREAT MIGRATION FAILED TO BRIDGE THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE. WHAT’S NEXT?
Real and lasting economic opportunities for Black families will come only through a serious national reckoning on race. By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Briana Shelton | August 3, 2022 Republished
Women at the Center of J6 Hearings: Not a Coincidence
The suffragists of the early 20th century famously wore white as they fought for the right for women to vote. On Thursday night, Rep. Liz
HOW TO PREVENT AN AMERICAN THEOCRACY
Six judges shouldn’t get to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights. Expand the Supreme Court. By Mitchell Zimmerman | July 13, 2022 Barely a
EVEN GOLDWATER WOULD BE TOO LEFT FOR TODAY’S REPUBLICANS
The GOP is harnessing the fanatical horsepower of neo-confederates and Q-anon extremists to entrench corporate elites. By Jim Hightower | July 13, 2022 Perhaps you remember Senator
A Deep Dive Into the Widening Mortality Gap Across the Political Aisle
New research indicates politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the BMJ examined mortality rates and voting
New York’s proposed congressional map blasted by GOP, could have national impact
Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor February 1st, 2022 (The Center Square) – New York Republicans are crying foul over a new Congressional map
WHY DO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES KEEP SAYING THEY’RE NOT HACKS?
Because there’s good reason to believe they are. By Jim Hightower | November 3, 2021/Previously published in OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Ralph Waldo Emerson once
