In their incessant quest to find ever more creative and nasty ways to suppress the vote, Florida Republicans have come up with a doozy.
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.
Political poll: Too late at night, too early in the election cycle
A 202 area code on caller ID usually means that I’m not picking up. It’s going to be political—probably a plea for money. But
Please don’t call them suffragettes
When the conversation gets around to women’s history, and the subject is women’s struggle to win the right to vote, you’ll often hear the
Washington DC’s NFL football team changes its name today
The NFL’s Washington, DC. team has announced that it is officially changing its name to something more politically correct and less racially insensitive. Native
“I’m a Republican…and Obamacare is the best health care I’ve ever had.”
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ATM fees rip off $19 million from California’s public-assistance recipients
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Democrats need to be more welcoming to candidates: 2014 election edition
Last Tuesday, when my husband showed up in our state capital to file his candidacy for U.S. Congress–in a district where no other Democrat
Phyllis Schlafly doesn’t want her name associated with beer
Phyllis Schlafly made a name for herself in the 1970s as founder and leader of the Eagle Forum, which vehemently opposed the Equal Rights
“The two Brazils:” How World Cup preparations highlight economic disparities
With soccer’s World Cup just a few months away—this time in Brazil—the story behind the story is beginning to emerge. The sports story will,