Douglas R. Clifford / Tampa Bay Times via AP “Grooming” has become the most recent scare tactic of choice for the right. Fox News host Laura Ingraham included a segment on her show last month where she claimed public schools have become “grooming centers” where “sexual brainwashing” takes place. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene recently tweeted…Continue Reading
Not paying taxes for unjust wars has a long history in this country. April 13, 2022 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Every April, as income-tax returns come due, I think about the day 30 years…Continue Reading
With minimal representation in my hometown and in the media, I hid my queerness and internalized toxic misconceptions about gender and sexuality. April 13, 2022 Coming of age in a rural, conservative-leaning town of 500 is in itself no easy feat. Growing up queer in such an environment is much harder. Supporting queer youth, regardless…Continue Reading
The Russian invasion of Ukraine “is in many ways bigger than Russia, it’s bigger than Ukraine,” State Department spokesman Ned Price recently declared. “There are principles that are at stake here.… Each and every country has a sovereign right to determine its own foreign policy, has a sovereign right to determine for itself with whom…Continue Reading
“Well, where are you going to go?” Phil Castellini asked on the radio before the Cincinnati Reds home opener Tuesday. He was responding to a question about restless fans who have suggested that Phil’s father sell the team.Well, let’s see.On Tuesday at 4:12 p.m. local time, when the game began and the fun ended, fans could…Continue Reading
A New York man once paralyzed in a 2020 accident can now walk again.In late October 2020, Cory Moses of Brooklyn was having a “regular” Sunday. But while on a bike two blocks away from meeting his then-partner for brunch, he was hit by a car.A parked car opened a door into Moses, pushing him into…Continue Reading
There was a moment of panic on my Amtrak ride toward San Diego Tuesday.A bumpy section of the track had me scrambling to grab my can of soda before it went flying across my work laptop, which was stationed on a small tray attached to the seat in front of mine.I grabbed the can in time, but other passengers…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON – Kevin McCarthy has had to play the role of political acrobat a lot lately.On his far right, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy must deal with unbridled conservatives who protest the GOP establishment, attend white nationalist rallies and talk about things like cocaine and orgies.Closer to his own right, McCarthy finds more traditional Republicans who are tired…Continue Reading
The U.S. has no Black female governors. And no Black women voted on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation. As faith and political leaders, let’s talk about where we go from here.Glynda Carr, Monica Simpson and Leah Daughtry | Opinion contributorsAgainst the backdrop of history and on the shoulders of the nation’s Black ancestors,…Continue Reading
NEW YORK — When Rosario Moreno got off the Sunset Park station at 7 a.m. to work at the laundromat she’s worked for the past 11 years, it was like any other morning. Moreno, 57, lived in the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood for 17 years before moving to Bensonhurst and said it had always been a quiet area until Tuesday,…Continue Reading
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