I was 17 and skeptical when I saw the movie poster for Chicago 10 at the Missouri History Museum where I work. The exaggerated
Category: Politics
Women will lead the way
As long as our country has Gail Collins, Rachel Maddow and Elizabeth Warren, I can clutch a tiny bit of hope in my wrinkly,
More “compassionate conservative” BS
Get ready for another wave of “compassionate conservatism,” as politicos like Paul Ryan try to cut Medicaid, Social Security, food stamps, aid to families
Dems: Stop being “disappointed” and defensive
This is Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s response to Republican state legislators who tried to trap him into a public embarrassment regarding Medicaid expansion. …That
What winning feels like: Progressive Blog Digest
The usual pundits and chin-pullers are all upset now that the Democratic reform to the filibuster will upset the spirit of bipartisanship and comity
What it’s like to be a 12-year-old activist
If you are not familiar with Madison Kimrey, you are already behind the times. She is a young but outspoken activist who took on
From Kennedy to Obama – what might have been
I was in eleventh grade when the shots were fired, the announcement was made, and the LBJ years began. Up until JFK, my father
American disunity: I’m finally beginning to understand it
After years, no, decades, of wondering why all American voters don’t think and act the same way I do, I finally found something approaching an
Several nations, divided
We are not just one nation. We are eleven, according to Colin Woodard in a recent Tufts magazine article. He focuses on
Progressive Blog Digest: “The fix is in”
This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It documents the