The long-awaited American Rescue Plan, the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief package, was signed into law last week. The $1.9 trillion legislation is one of the most progressive bills signed in decades.  The significance of this bill in the fight against the pandemic...

In the aftermath of the right-wing Capitol insurrection, Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas did the right thing. While it should seem odd to call it courageous, Moran broke with many colleagues and voted to certify the 2020 election results.   What was the senator's...

The Golden Globes announced their nominations early in February, and the conversation around them was about as pleasant as the discussion around any major event of the last few years.  Like any list of awards nominations, the list was confusing for what was on it and...

In contemporary America, students take out crippling student loans with the assumption that the prospects afforded by college will solve any future financial woes. That line of thinking, spoon-fed to all kids one way or another, has proven to not match reality. Not only...

It is often said that history repeats itself, but that saying typically doesn't mean history repeats itself so quickly. Once again, the Senate has failed to punish a dangerous man whose fascistic plan to break American democracy was only thwarted by his laziness and ineptitude.  This...