Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Over the years that I've been running Forward Kentucky, I've also (obviously) paid attention to both the political news and the political commentary. And I've noticed an interesting phenomenon. Two, in fact. And I'm sick of them both.
The poll also revealed that 59 percent favor vaccination requirements for teachers and 55 percent support compulsory vaccinations for eligible students 12 and older.
The Repubs have gotten their way. They now control what happens with COVID in our state. So, President Stivers and Speaker Osborne, what's your plan? "Freedom" for all? Or something else?
The more I see, the more I’m convinced this was the right decision – both what I see on the ground in Afghanistan and perhaps even more the reaction here in the United States.
Mitch McConnell said he "fervently" opposes the "For the People Act." Old-time white supremacists like Sen. James Eastland (D-MS) would love McConnell's argument against the bill: the old "states' rights" smokescreen they used against civil rights legislation, passed to overturn Jim Crow laws.
For years, Fairness has been calling out KY Farm Bureau for their discrimination against LGBTQ. Now, there's an ad as well. Watch the ad below, then share as widely as you can, so people know about the hate embedded in KFB's policies.
Rand Paul likes to tout the overarching value of "personal freedom." That value needs to include being free to tell the truth, especially when it comes to ethics.
In today's "Letters from an American" newsletter, Heather Cox Richardson does a good job of analyzing both Biden's speech and the larger context of the withdrawal. But then, at the end, she drops the mic on some of those criticizing Biden.
"95% of the American people will agree with everything he just said. 95% of the press covering this White House will disagree."
When he says your freedom to not take simple precautions to protect lives is more important than your brother’s freedom to breathe, well, my God, how did we come to this?
As the COVID-19 pandemic has surged once again, Rand Paul has gone from being an occasional sideshow in the news, to being an actual threat to the health and safety of the rest of us.
Ken Wolf continues his analysis of systemic racism in America, and conservatives' continued denial of its existence.
Many people are arguing that systemic racism no longer exists in the United States, and that talking about it makes things worse. Ken Wolf disagrees, on both counts.
If someone sets fire to a building, then "discovers" the fire and reports it, should they be praised as a hero? Or blamed for setting the fire in the first place?
