Details from Attorney General Merrick Garland’s speech about voting rights.
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Why is the Equal Rights Amendment in the News Again?
Has anyone been watching the Mrs. America series? It’s all about conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and the fight she led against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s. The series is fantastic, and I highly recommend it. But I’m… Read More ›
History is Written By the Winners
Is the rule of law dead under this administration? Yesterday, the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General Bill Barr, announced they were no longer pursuing the case against former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and moved… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons ⚡ 2/22
Here are some of the best editorial cartoonists in the country with their visual opinions about this week’s news: Trump Pardons / Roger Stone By Steve Sack, Star Tribune By Lalo Alcaraz By Ann Telnaes, Washington… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons ⚡ 2/15
Here are some of the best editorial cartoonists in the country (and a few from abroad) with their visual opinions about this week’s news: Trump Seeks Revenge By Morten Morland By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution By… Read More ›
The DOJ Just Handed Trump His Crown
Last week the Senate GOP let Trump know he was above the law by acquitting him of his impeachment charges. Today, Attorney General Bill Barr followed suit, which is making everyone’s hair stand up straight. What happened? Just as… Read More ›
Key Takeaways from the Mueller Hearing, with Video
The hearings with Mr. Mueller yesterday were about getting the findings in the Report out to a broader audience, by using video. The sad fact is that a great majority of Americans have not read the Report, much less the… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 7/20
Here are the nation’s best editorial cartoonists responding to the week’s top news stories. 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing By David Horsey, The Seattle Times By Drew Sheneman, The Star-Ledger Trump’s Racist Tweets By Kevin Siers,… Read More ›
9 Questions to Ask About the Mueller Report
I doubt that anyone will pay attention to much else besides the Mueller report today, so let’s dig into it. In cases like this one, I find it enormously useful to think ahead of time about the questions you want… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 3/30
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s biggest news stories. Barr Letter/Mueller Report By Kevin Siers, Charlotte Observer By John Cole, The Times-Tribune By Ann Telnaes, Washington Post By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune By Jimmy Margulies, King… Read More ›
The Return of Healthcare as an Issue
Incredibly, both the Democrats and the Republicans wanted to talk about the same subject yesterday. No, not the Barr letter. They wanted to talk about healthcare. The Democrats have been preparing a new piece of legislation behind the scenes for… Read More ›
How Disinformation Affects Elections
Yesterday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and 3 organizations for interfering with the U.S. political system by using “information warfare” to sow discord in numerous ways. The Atlantic has a good explanation of what the indictment means here, and… Read More ›