The Global Gag Rule is Back and Bigger Than Ever
Nearly 8 years ago, one of then-newly-inaugurated US president Barack Obama’s earliest executive orders reversed the global gag rule, a rule banning non-governmental [...]
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Welfare Gap
With a new Republican majority, those of us who care about the poor are steeling for a new round of cuts to benefits. To his credit, Trump didn’t run [...]
The Trump Folk Community
I like to read on the toilet. It’s a pretty common trait, I know, but it facilitates a time of introspection when the mind is completely unoccupied except for a biological [...]
Countering Trump and His Administration
ELECTOR VOTE DECEMBER 19, 2016 Uniting Forces First and foremost, those dismayed by the November 8, 2016 election are urged to come together. Lack of cohesiveness among [...]
A Response to Trump
The election of Trump has put many of us at a loss for words. There’s been sadness, anger and denial. In a very real sense, many people are moving through whatever stages [...]
Magical Thinking and The Antiquity of Sin: What Trump Says About Religion
As exhausting as this election has been, I continue to submit that we will grow more from this than from almost any other political interactions in our time. I’ve spent a [...]
The Importance of Voting
Election Day is almost here. Next week, the question that has been in the minds of thousands of Americans for months will finally be answered. Will Donald Trump or Hilary [...]
“Gotcha!” Moments: Progress or Posturing?
Injustices should cease. That’s practically definitional: we basically define injustices as “unfair things that should not happen.” But how do we get that to occur? As [...]
Donald Trump, Rape Culture, and Election Fatigue
I will really, really be glad for this election to be over. This week I had an editorial planned on “Gotcha!” moments and how they can undermine coalition-building, [...]
The Dishonesty of Trump Support
Americans voting for Trump are almost without exception not doing their homework in some respect. I was discussing with a Trump supporter [...]
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