Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
December 11 was both a bad and good day for all of us in Western Kentucky. The bad part was the tornados that sowed destruction. The good part was the widespread and very genuine response from both sides of our emotionally divided nation. Can we seize this moment?
The tornadoes that ravaged Kentucky have ripped away homes and businesses, demolished family heirlooms, and stolen lives, but the foundation of our Commonwealth is stronger than ever.
The abortion case before SCOTUS poses a real threat to a woman's right to an abortion. But, there is an even greater threat that is not being discussed – and it should be.
GOP-led legislatures prevented mask mandates, blocked social-distancing requirements, and tied the hands of public-health experts as they grappled with keeping their people safe. And now the chickens are coming home to roost – or more accurately, to die.
Heather Cox Richardson reminds us: we fought fascism in 1941 in WWII. Will we fight it now? Or will the democracy that Dorie Miller died for be destroyed on our watch?
The KY League of Women Voters is calling on the General Assembly to stop hiding the new redistricting maps, and share them with the public.
Nazis were notorious for perverting Christmas. Thomas Massie is giving the Hitler worshippers a run for their money by posting on Twitter a photo of him and gun-toting family members all grinning and posing for a photo in front of a Christmas tree.
In response to Cong. Massie's "send more ammo" tweet, the Kenton County Dems have issued a statement condemning the tweet as "morally reprehensible."
In light of the firehose of political news that causes us to give each story or issue about ten minutes before we move on to the next, I've decided that certain topics deserve more than that. So, I'm starting a series I'm calling “The Hair-on-Fire Series.”
Republicans and right-wing pundits like to blame inflation on higher wages for workers and increased spending to invest in our people. But could there be another set of factors that are the REAL reasons for what's happening? Let's go to The Classroom to learn more.
We have just celebrated Thanksgiving, and now, full of fowl, fellowship, and family, might we consider softening our political partisanship just long enough to see if there might be anything to be thankful for in our political future?
It’s past time for the Democrats to start reminding voters — loudly, clearly and unceasingly — precisely where Donald Trump and the Trumpian Republicans are steering the country: Straight toward white supremacy and authoritarianism.
Republicans count on their followers missing the distinction between Sweden and North Korea by trying to convince them that social welfare bills such as the Build Back Better Act will draw us closer to the latter rather than the former.
Aren’t you tired of hearing folks who say, “You make everything all about race”? Me, too! But you know what I’m even more tired of? People who make everything all about race. I am, of course, talking about White people.
The following letter was sent to Senator Mitch McConnell, and is shared here with the permission of the author.
Over the past week, Trump has rabidly attacked his one-time ally, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. He has displayed great delight in calling McConnell a “broken old crow” while accusing him of a barrel-load of sins both real and imagined.
