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  • WHY WE MUST NOT BE SILENCED

    A friend of mine recently wrote a post that struck a nerve. She argued that sharing politically charged sound bites, shorts, and reels only creates division, misunderstanding, and hatred. In her view, people who…

  • ✉️ The Abortion Conversion: How Religious Conservatives Found Their Cause in the 1970s

    If you listen to the rhetoric today, you’d think evangelicals have always cared about abortion. It’s portrayed as a timeless, unshakable, straight-from-the-Bible stance—as obvious as “thou shalt not kill” or “thou shalt not vote…

  • Democrats Finally Found the Message—and Republicans Hate It

    For years I’ve sat here grinding my teeth, watching Democrats walk into the political boxing ring armed with a stack of policy papers while Republicans waltzed in with a bullhorn, a catchy slogan, and…

  • Good day, America—though “good” might be a stretch.

    Tuesday, we witnessed the Republican Party’s idea of leadership: a bloated orange carnival barker and his second-string frat boy lapdog trying to tell the U.S. military what their jobs are. Imagine a pair of…

  • 🎃 October, You Beautiful Disaster

    October has arrived — crisp air, crunchy leaves, hayrides, football, bonfires, chili bubbling on the stove, pumpkin patches teeming with toddlers in knit hats, and the annual ritual of Americans buying decorative gourds they…

  • 🐰 Who the Heck is Bad Bunny, and Why the Super Bowl Just Got an Upgrade

    If you’ve been living under a rock (or, worse, watching Fox News on repeat), you might not know who Bad Bunny is. Let me enlighten you before you embarrass yourself at your Super Bowl…

  • HITLER AND DEAR LEADER – SIMILAR “ Hitler’s rumored plans to oust the Reichsbank chief came amid a massive purge of the Weimar Republic’s civil service. Senior officials who had served for decades were…

  • Impact of DEI Rollbacks on Minorities and Women

    Beginning in January 2025, Executive Order 14173 formally rescinded Executive Order 11246, effectively eliminating affirmative‑action obligations for federal agencies and contractors. This reversed more than fifty years of requirements to proactively promote workplace diversity  .…

  • 60 Years After the Voting Rights Act: A White Nationalist Power Grab in Broad Daylight

    Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It was one of the most powerful and transformational civil rights achievements in American history — born from…