GOP Gearing Up To Gerrymander Again

Nearly a decade ago, Republicans launched REDMAP, an audacious bid to win key statehouses and governorships in order to give themselves control over the redistricting process that followed the 2010 Census, so they could gerrymander district lines in their favor. The GOP has launched its first ever national group focused exclusively on how congressional and state legislative maps are drawn, with an eye on the next round of redistricting, which will follow the 2020 Census.

The Problem With Privatizing Public Education for Military Students

On March 7, Rep. Jim Banks introduced the Military Education Savings Act of 2018 to divert funding from a long-standing federal program, Impact Aid, into a voucher-like program to pay for private school tuition, tutoring, or homeschooling materials for military families. The bill is modeled off a Heritage Foundation proposal, which is supported by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, to create education savings accounts for certain military-connected students-or students who have a parent on active duty.

All-Powerful Party Cabal Crushes Dissent Again

Until a few weeks ago, Laura Moser was a little-known name, one of seven candidates running for the Democratic primary in Texas's Seventh Congressional District. That was, until the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unleashed a scorched-earth campaign against the former freelance journalist and progressive activist, releasing an opposition memo highlighting past statements Moser made seemingly denigrating her home state.

Texas Primaries See Surging Democratic Turnout & Record Number of Female Candidates

This year's midterm elections officially began on Tuesday as Democratic and Republican primaries were held in Texas. Democrats are hoping Texas could become a key state in the party's effort to retake control of the Senate and the House.

More than One Thousand Women Take Over Suzano Pulp & Paper Mill to…

More than one thousand women from the Rural Landless Workers Movement took over a pulp mill owned by Suzano Paper company in Murcuri, in Bahia, Brazil [1] to protest the company's large-scale, industrial eucalyptus plantions and future plans for genetically engineered trees. The women cited the impacts on water caused by the plantations, including depletion of critical fresh water resources and contamination of water by aerial spraying of toxic agrochemicals on the plantations as reasons for the protest.

Maryland House Unanimously Passes Groundbreaking Legislation as…

"Food & Water Watch applauds the incredible leadership of Delegate Mary Washington and the Baltimore City Delegation in their game-changing work to pass the Water Taxpayer Protection Act in the House of Delegates. This critical piece of legislation will ensure that water bills cannot trigger tax sales in Baltimore City, protecting homeowners, renters and congregations across the City from losing their homes and churches over unaffordable or incorrect water bills.

Centrism Isn’t Centrism

One of the running themes of this sucky blog is much of what is generally described as the "political center" is not and "moderate politicians" are not. Such "centrism" is mostly about issues and votes which have no constituency where Democrats are willing to join with Republicans .

A Million Dollars Isn’t Worth, In Value, What It Used To Be

One of the primary economic paradoxes that has always perked the curiosity of both bourgeois and Marxist political economists alike can be neatly encapsulated in a notorious quip uttered by the famous New York Yankee's catcher and manager, Yogi Berra, who, once upon a time, famously pronounced: "a nickel isn't worth a dime, anymore". In this simple Yogism lies one of the primary post-modern financial mechanisms by which neoliberal bourgeois-capitalists have sucked value out of the workforce/population, under the cover of western economic opulence, into their own coffers to the bewilderment and detriment of the workforce/population, which slowly sinks ever-deeper into debt misery.

Fox News keeps running columns from the same guy explaining, “I’m a…

Bryan Dean Wright, a consultant looking for career opportunities and freelance gigs, has found the perfect publicity gimmick to get in outlets like Fox News: proclaiming he's "a Democrat but" agreeing with Republican positions. Wright is a former CIA officer whose personal website states that he's available as a consultant to "businesses, philanthropic groups, and governmental bodies," as well as for speaking engagements and media work.

The Oscars go through an awkward stage

Sam Rockwell, Frances McDormand, Allison Janney, and Gary Oldman pose in the press room during the 90th Annual Academy Awardsin Hollywood, California. CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic By the time Jimmy Kimmel, host of the 90th Academy Awards, took the stage at the Dolby Theatre, there was already an uncomfortable tension surrounding what Hollywood loves to call its biggest night.

Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani honor DREAMers at the Academy Awards

Actors Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani walk onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. CREDIT: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Actors Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani expressed solidarity with DREAMers, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and other young immigrants, at the Academy Awards Sunday night.

3/04/2018

Politics and Reality Radio: War on Unions May Have Unintended Consequences; Rightwing Violence Against Cops; Anti-Choicers' New Strategy with Joshua Holland This week, we're joined by union organizer Shaun Richman, who explains why Janus v. AFSCME, corporate America's latest assault on organized workers, may come back to bite them in the form of more labor unrest.

Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

When was the last time you heard a person of colour challenge structural racism - the role of government policies, organisational practices and popular representations in reinforcing racial inequalities - and, in so doing, be widely supported, listened to and heeded? Racial inequalities are stark, yet normalised. White people are privileged yet complacent, and refuse to listen.