Our Minimum Wage Is Still Too Low
Our current minimum wage is less than the federal poverty level. In other words, someone working full-time is still living in poverty. Is THAT what we want for our children, our families, our state?
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Tilton to McConnell: 'You will never be a hero'
I’d love to see the expression on Mitch McConnell’s mug when he reads Toni Tilton’s constituent letter. If he does read it, he might put on Kevlar gloves first.
“There is going to be a reckoning”: the potential fall-out of anti-CRT legislation
Teachers are leaving in droves. Fall-out from the pandemic, along with lack of public support and increasing workplace demands, are leading to unprecedented resignations. And now comes CRT legislation.
Hurt to KDP: Bring on the billboards
Kentucky Democratic activist Daniel Hurt has a warning for his party: "Don't let the Republicans who voted against the infrastructure bill take credit for the construction projects when the groundbreaking starts."
Do you have electile dysfunction?
If so, watch this informative video. It explains what YOU can do about electile dysfunction: use FTVA!
These KY Repubs voted AGAINST their state. Don't let them claim otherwise later.
We’ve seen this movie before: Republicans vote AGAINST a bill to help their state, then show up in the state claiming credit for the great stuff their state is receiving. Here we go again.
Half a loaf with Dems ... but starvation with Repubs
Pundits have talked about Dems passing the smaller infrastructure bill by saying "Well, half a loaf is better than none." I got so tired of hearing that misleading line that I wrote this in response.
2013 Republican Redux in 2021
What you’re seeing in Republican circles these days is a return to the strategies embodied in the 2013 Republican autopsy report: Fear. And redefining who is "White."
It‘s not the Democrats‘ message – it‘s the Republican sewage
If you read the headlines, you would think Democrats really messed up last Tuesday, and the ceiling is caving in on them. But Democratic agony and Republican ecstasy from last Tuesday might be a tad premature.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Nothing makes a non-progressive White person bristle more than being told that they have White privilege. So perhaps a change of term might be in order. What about calling it the “Whiteness of being”?
Democrats and voters are both uncomfortable
It wasn’t easy opening my computer on Wednesday to read about the defeat of Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race. And it was even less fun reading two New York Times opinion columns blasting McAuliffe and Democrats generally for their poor showing.
The operative word is not ‘critical’ and it’s not ‘theory,’ – it’s RACE.
What we saw in Virginia in the closing days of the Youngkin campaign was the Republican playbook for 2022 in the midterms, in 2023 in Kentucky against Gov. Beshear, and certainly in 2024 against President Biden.
Dear GOP Never-Trumpers: It's time to walk away
The GOP is now owned by Trump and the Trump cult. It's time for true conservatives to find (or build) a new home.
Out of all the stories out there, THIS is the most important
For all the news stories that seem to tug us in one direction or another, there is just one overarching story in the news for Americans today: We are in an existential fight to defend our democracy from those who would destroy it.
Anti-CRT bills: The bottom line may wind up being economic
Whether you favor these bills or oppose them may be beside the point, because the bottom line is that if these bills pass, they could spell disaster for Kentucky’s already strapped economy.
Should We Be Ignoring Race in Schools?
Pending legislation in Kentucky would prohibit any discussions about race, sex, or religion that might make a student experience “discomfort.” Yet I would argue that such discussions are fundamentally necessary in schools to curtail racism, sexism, and religious intolerance.
