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When Men Legally Controlled Women
Limiting voting to men at the nation’s founding was part of the legal doctrine of coverture, in which a woman was legally represented first by her father and then by her husband.
Denying women the right to vote was only one part of cover…
Jesus was a Person of Color, and He was Killed by the Police. Does That Matter?
VIEW FROM HERE-As a counselor and social worker, I often collaborate with the police on emergency calls to support victims of intimate part…
National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget
GUEST WORDS--The inadequate response of both the federal and state governments to the Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the…
Trump Disses Troops but Correctly Labels 2 of America’s Costliest Wars Unjustified or ‘Stupid’
WAR POLITICS-Let’s be honest about America’s wars and the men (overwhelmingly) and women who have fought them.
Republican Platforms, Then and Now
POLITICS-Wow, what a surprise! Have you seen the National Republican Party’s official platform?
The Weathering of Black America
DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA-After Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, his autopsy report revealed that at the young age of 39…
We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.
PERSPECTIVE--Right about now, something terrible is happening in America.
All Joe Biden Needs to Do to Win
ELECTION 2020-Since Donald Trump was sworn into office almost four years ago, democratic pundits, lawmakers, and their liberal voters alike…
Trump’s Postmaster General Should Be Returned to Sender
FIRST PERSON--I’ve been a postal driver for over 20 years. I’ve never seen an attack on the service like this one.
Senior US Intelligence Official Died by Suicide in June
US INTEL SILENT ON DEATH OF ONE OF IT’S OWN-(Editor’s Note: Mr. Schinella was the husband of CityWatch Washington DC bureau chief and DC Di…
Why the ‘Skins Should Become the Washington Fredericks
SPORTS POLITICS-The Washington Redskins are no more. At least under that name.
The Fox is Still in the Henhouse at the Post Office
DELIVERING FOR THE POST OFFICE--Skyleigh Heinen, a U.S. Army veteran who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and anxiety, relies on the Posta…
Schools: The Great Reopening
GUEST WORDS--Seventeen years ago, against the advice of my parents, I decided to become a public school teacher.
Changing Parties in the White House won’t Change the Corruption
ONE MAN’S OPINION--The November 2020 election is shaping up to be a re-run of the I Love Lucy episode where Ricky’s nightclub act, like the…
Why Americans Are Allergic to the Truth
VOICES-Why us? Over the past few months, I’ve been watching us fall behind practically every other country on Earth in terms of Covid-19 pr…
America’s Prisons Are Outrageously Unjust
WORLD WATCH--Even a cursory review of our prison system reveals the outrageous inhumanity to which hundreds of thousands of prisoners, espe…
Birthers Are Already Going After Kamala Harris
ELECTION POLITICS-Kamala Harris has been Joe Biden’s running mate for less than a week, but the birthers are already questioning whether sh…
Very Fine People
GUEST WORDS-On the third anniversary of a deadly Charlottesville hate fest that saw tiki-torch-waving white supremacists marching through t…
Trump Doesn’t Want Law or Order
OTHER WORDS-Federal troops may be standing down in Portland for now. But Donald Trump has also dispatched federal agents to Cleveland, Milw…
The Striking Parallels Between Covid-19 and Climate Change
CLIMATE POLITICS-This is a busy time for Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, a marine biologist, environmental policy expert, and CEO of conserva…
