Joy Reid Confronts House Democrat on Pro-Israel Talking Points
Joy Reid on Monday interviewed Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) about the situation in Gaza and the unconditional, bipartisan support Israel receives in Congress. The segment is notable for Reid's...
View ArticleBeyond Marriage: We Need A New Gay Rights Platform for 2016
In 2016, whomever Democrats nominate for President will be able to run boldly on social issues. President Obama's endorsement of marriage equality in 2012 has established that position as the reflexive...
View ArticleMy Interracial Relationship Isn't a Political Statement
Towards the end of the film Lincoln, Radical Republican Sen. Thaddeus Stevens returns home to his African-American housekeeper (who doubles as his mistress) with good news: the 13th Amendment, banning...
View ArticleThis Is Why I'm Not Giving Up On President Obama
In his State of the Union speech this year, President Obama outlined his vision for a Year of Action: acting where he could without Congress to bring about needed reforms designed to put the nation on...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Warns: Fight Inequality or Lose to Rand Paul in 2016
"Don't Soul-Search. Stiffen Your Backbone."That's the lesson Bill de Blasio, New York City's first Democratic Mayor in 20 years, is encouraging Democrats to heed in the wake of the 2014 midterms. On...
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What Obama Gets Right About #Ferguson
Even less surprising than the Ferguson grand jury verdict is the social media response. Everyone has their well-worn “angle” on the news. Whatever the situation, the same people will have the same...
View ArticleGillibrand 2016? Senator Renews Fight With Military on Sexual Assault Cases
Somewhat understandably lost in the news cycle this week was a rare positive development on Capitol Hill. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is renewing her push to reform how the military deals with...
View ArticleAngela Davis Defends President Obama
She's an outspoken radical icon who was once branded a "terrorist" by Richard Nixon, but now prison abolitionist Angela Davis is being accused of having "lost her mind." Why? Because she refuses to...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Police Hate Bill de Blasio
Some liberals have expressed disappointment in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who campaigned on a platform of reforming the NYPD, saying he has failed to turn his rhetoric into significant action....
View ArticleJeb Bush: Gays Equivalent to "Polluters, Pornographers, Drunk Drivers"
"Sane" Bush brother Jeb is in hot water for his insane 1994 anti-gay rant that he published as an editorial in the Miami Herald. In his first, unsuccessful bid for the Florida governorship, Jeb...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren's Moment of Truth
Sen. Elizabeth Warren will probably not be a presidential candidate in 2016. Despite that, she will continue to play an important role in how the Democratic Party is perceived by voters -- and that...
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McDonald's Tries, Fails to Prove Corporations Feel Love
Remember the woman who tried to marry a corporation? That stunt was designed to draw attention to the problematic notion of corporate personhood, which Mitt Romney had brought to the fore in typical...
View ArticleComing to Terms With Non-Belief on Easter
My parents used to fight about going to Church. My dad had become born-again in his teens and went to college at Notre Dame; my mom called herself a "refugee" from Catholicism, which she abandoned at 7...
View ArticleThere is no "Republican Obama"
There have been a lot of charismatic Senators in our nation’s history. Some have been relatively young. A handful have even been non-white. But there has only been one Barack Obama. Obama was...
View ArticleAlan Grayson Is An Iran Deal Truther
There's an alternate universe out there where President "Hussein Obama" used talking points from Tehran in order to sell an agreement that purposely helps them pursue a nuclear weapon. It's an odd,...
View ArticleDeranged NYPD Union Mocks Homeless to Attack Bill de Blasio
The people that brought us "comply, even if you feel it's unjust" are at it again. The NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association -- one of the powerful police unions that played a central role in last...
View ArticleCornel West Has No Place in a Democratic Presidential Campaign
Sen. Bernie Sanders is running as a Democratic candidate for President seeking not only to succeed another Democratic President, but our first African-American President.In South Carolina, Sanders is...
View ArticleThank You, Governor O'Malley, For Standing with Muslim Americans Today
Dearborn is a special place to me. My parents were raised there, some of my best friends lived there, and in general I spent a lot of time there as I was growing up. It is also unique in the context of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Obama Admits Watching Fox!
Nope, not the network featuring luminaries like Gretchen Carlson and Brit Hume… an actual fox. President Obama recorded a short video today as part of launching his new personal Facebook page, and...
View ArticleIn 2016, Let Empathy Define a New Masculinity
There is little that can surprise these days in terms of Republican attacks on President Obama. And yet, the discussion that Obama’s tears at his January 5 press conference unveiling new executive...
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