My local school district, the Ichabod Crane Central School District in New York’s Hudson Valley, recently held a vote on a capital improvement project
MO GOP’s overt / covert plots to undermine new anti-gerrymandering law
After the November 2018 midterm election, Missouri voters could congratulate themselves on being ahead of the curve in the nationwide drive for anti-gerrymandering laws.
Getting to know the lives of immigrants
Seven days a week, at eleven in the morning, Imad Khachan opens the door of his Greenwich Village chess shop. Chess Forum is the
H.W. Bush & Bob Dole fought a “good war”
Bob Dole did everything that he could to get his ninety-five-year-old war-ravaged body once again to the U.S. Capitol, this time to pay a final tribute to his friend and rival, George H.W. Bush.
The Superstructure Triumphant
One of the crucial trends in the 2016 election was the 80-plus percent of white evangelicals who voted for Trump.
Trump delays farm-water testing. Americans get E. Coli
Donald Trump is making us sick—and I mean that literally. Some food experts are claiming that the recent outbreak of E.Coli contamination in Romaine
A Slam-Dunk plan for Democrats prior to 2020
It’s too much to ask Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker or the dozens of other possible Democratic candidates for 2020 to focus on changing the process while they are playing the game by the current rules. What is needed is for those with stature and who will not be running again to lead the way so that no one has to endure the rigors, fatigue and unfairness of how they battled their way to the presidential nomination.
Curbside composting: Convenient, eco-friendly, but will it work?
Too lazy to compost? Yeah, me too. But with an emerging service, known as curbside food-waste pickup, people like us can feel less guilty
Courage won the midterm elections
What were the deciding factors in the 2018 midterm elections in the U.S.? Was it youth and diversity? Or status quo, ignorance, and fear?
Fact: American health care depends on foreign-born-and-trained professionals
The misinformation about legal immigration peddled by the Trump administration is going to get up close and personal for many of us rather quickly.