Americans are woefully undereducated when it comes to how our own government works. And this makes it really easy to manipulate citizens.
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Saturday Morning Cartoons 8/17
Here’s my roundup of the best editorial cartoons for the week. Let me know which ones strike you the most! This Week in News By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Darrin Bell, King Features syndicate By Bob Rogers… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: Fixing the Future
Every Sunday, I like to share interesting articles that I think my readers might also enjoy. Here are two to dig into as you have your coffee this morning. What Democratic campaigns would do for migrant kids on Day 1… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 6/29
Here are the nation’s great editorial cartoonists responding to this week’s top news stories. Refugees at our Border By Rob Jacobs By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Dan Wasserman SCOTUS Gerrymandering Decision By Bill Bramhall, New York… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 5/18
Here are the nation’s great editorial cartoonists responding to this week’s top news stories. Attack on Abortion Rights By Marc Murphy, Louisville Courier-Journal By Matt Wuerker, Politico By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune Bolton’s Warmongering By Pat Bagley,… Read More ›
It is SO good to be in the majority!
What do the Democrats stand for? If you’re tired of hearing that from people, give them this list. These are the issues the Democrats are tackling first now that they have the majority in the House. They now chair the… Read More ›
What Does the House Judiciary Committee Do?
Do you have any interest in the special counsel’s investigation or maybe impeachment? Well, you’re going to want to pay attention to what the House Judiciary Committee is doing. Beyond those bombshell issues, the fact that the Democrats are in… Read More ›
Trump goes after Hispanic Americans: What can we do?
It’s happening. The Trump administration is working to strip USA-born Americans of their citizenship. This is happening right now on the southern border in Texas. We have a birther sitting in the Oval Office and his worldview is infecting the… Read More ›
Trump wants to kick Americans out of the USA: What to do
Every day, the Trump administration does yet another thing to induce outrage. I don’t know about you, but I spent most of 2017 calling senators and legislators, writing emails and letters, organizing and marching — all to protest the many… Read More ›
What trends have emerged from the primaries so far?
Are the Democrats going to win big in November? Will the Republicans manage to hang on to their majority? We’re all keen to know the answers to these questions. And while we’ll have to wait to know for sure, we… Read More ›
#KeepFamiliesTogether: How to Help
The Trump Administration is needlessly and cruelly separating children from their parents when they seek asylum in the United States. Their inhumane and immoral policy must be stopped. On June 14, rallies and vigils were held all across the country… Read More ›
The Republican revolt over immigration: what’s going on?
The news of a Republican revolt in the House around a potential vote on DACA/immigration is heating up. The fact that a group of Republicans are going over Paul Ryan’s head is huge news. But this story comes with a… Read More ›
#WhereAreTheChildren: Update
Again, thank you all for caring so much about this issue that you are sharing calls-to-action and trying to better understand the issues at hand. Immigration and border control are issues that are extraordinarily complicated and it is important to… Read More ›
#WhereAreTheChildren: How to Help
UPDATED/ Since the news hit that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) admitted to losing nearly 1,500 children in their custody, social media has been inundated with furious citizens demanding to know what happened to the children. Here’s what we’ve… Read More ›