In another attempt to destroy a long-standing international agreement, Donald Trump threatened to create chaos for overseas voters by withdrawing from the Universal Postal
Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
Identity journalism pollutes the Democratic debate stage
Something I’m calling “identity journalism” has taken over the Democratic primary debates in 2019. Watching the third in a series of who-knows-how-many “debates” among
I read the Russia election-tampering report. Here are some highlights.
It’s not a hoax. The recently released (July 25, 2019) Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election makes that
Resolution condemning Trump’s hate speech: Full text
The resolution passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives, condemning Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress is an amazing piece of
Democratic debates? How about something completely different this time
The 2020 Democratic pre-primary debates are about to begin, and I think they are a terrible idea. Democrats have an amazing, deep bench of
School shootings: Looking for solutions in all the wrong places
School shootings in America have proliferated. In response, individuals and for-profit companies have developed a plethora of products aimed [pun intended] at reducing the
On hearing “The Darktown Strutters’ Ball” in Montgomery, Alabama
Visiting Montgomery, Alabama to see the civil rights sites, we walked over to the old train station along the riverfront. Inside what appears to
Reflections on the Lynching Memorial and Legacy Museum
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice made me cry. And that, I’m sure, is not a unique experience. I can’t speak for the
Togo: another country I know nothing about
Togo is not Tonga. I had not thought about either of those tiny nations until, literally, yesterday, when I wrote a post about a
What I learned by sending school supplies to Tonga
Where’s Tonga? That’s a question I had never before asked, until a young woman I know joined the Peace Corps, was assigned to the