Is a good thing to eat a bad thing to buy? That’s essentially the quinoa quandary that foodies, advocates of healthier eating, and social
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.
Congress leaves town for summer break: Political cartoonists rush in
What’s the difference between Congress being in session and on vacation? Beats me. If voting for the 40th time to “repeal” Obamacare counts as
Barney Frank comes out–as an atheist
Long after Barney Frank came out of the closet [in 1987] to become the first openly gay U.S. Congressman, he outed himself again–this time
“Fruitvale Station:” Check your stereotypes at the ticket counter
The Jan. 1, 2009 headlines said: “22-year-old, unarmed black man fatally shot by BART police.” For too many Americans, it was just another example
Senators’ tax-loophole suggestions to be kept secret for 50 years. Huh?
In a move that Business Week calls something that might have been “dreamed up by a 10-year-old after watching Thunderball,” the Senate Finance Committee
Voting rights watch: NC Repubs push harsh new voting restrictions
North Carolina Republicans are not hiding the fact that newly proposed [2013] voting restrictions are aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote.
Awed by the public library
As bankruptcy predators began salivating over publicly owned treasures in Detroit–namely, the assets of the Detroit Institute of Art–I was visiting the newly renovated,
The war on reproductive rights: A roundup of political cartoons
More than 40 years after Roe v. Wade, the war on reproductive rights continues–in fact, it has escalated. State legislators, as well as Congressional
Voting rights watch: 6 states that just couldn’t wait
Well, that didn’t take long. Within days of the Supreme Court’s decision to kill the longstanding, pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act, six
Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists
When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political