This forum highlights four years of change to two environments: the climate and the politics
Record temperatures, flooding, and a nonpartisan primary make a unique focus in Louisville mayor’s race
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Speed dating, Kentucky GOP Legislature-style
How a bill allowing 18-20 year olds to carry concealed firearms could become law.
The village doesn’t build itself
Why the women holding communities together should be running them
Kentucky students and teachers deserve real support, not more political witch hunts
And yet, the GOP in Frankfort keeps coming after teachers
The cravenness of Kentucky House Bill 78
How a bill protecting gun manufacturers - not people - passed a House committee in five minutes.
President Trump takes Kentucky for granted
When the president came to Kentucky last week, we learned two things: He does not love Kentucky. He doesn't even know Kentucky.
Choose your poison: Take your pick from a caravan of lies, name-calling, and deception
Is there an actual “less of two evils” in this race?
The dark rise of America’s monsters
Bombed boats, dead fishermen, starving children, and broken families reveal the human cost of power without empathy …
How data centers came to Kentucky
Or, how bad things become law before anyone can figure it out
Students thoughtfully exercising their rights isn’t an ‘anarchist free-for-all’
A response to Senator Funke Frommeyer
Playing political chicken with the Constitution
We have to reject HCR 45 – even if Ron Desantis thinks it’s a good idea.
Kentucky GOP’s hateful rhetoric comes home to roost
By 2030, Kentucky is projected to have a shortage of 3,000 physicians.
It’s time to deep-six our state’s Confederate holidays
Why are we continuing to honor these people?
