10 Oct, 2021
Two parties: Two countries
We have a two-party political system, one that evolves with time, people, and circumstance...
1 Aug, 2021
Influence peddling, a threat to both democracy and a humane foreign policy
Modern-day democracy has numerous weaknesses, as we’ve been made well aware: policy differences that cannot be resolved, corruption, manipulation of voting and elections, and the refusal...
1 Jul, 2021
Supreme suppression
The Trump/McConnell-packed Supreme Court has begun to live up to the fondest hopes of fascist Republicans. They ruled that the voter suppression law passed in Arizona is Just Fine.
6 Jun, 2021
Saving Democracy in America
American history is replete with warnings of impending disaster that went unheeded: Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and more recently the climate crisis, Covid-19, and 1/6.
11 Mar, 2021
Voter suppression: Jim Crow revisited
Ever since its founding, the United States has been attempting to build a society around those wounds, on the belief that hyped-up language...
11 Feb, 2021
Stealing the vote, building a wall
Stealing the vote, building a wall by Robert C. Koehler 936 words Published in: LA Progressive, Black Star News, City...
31 Oct, 2020
Be Prepared to Defend Democracy
Be Prepared to Defend Democracy by Wim Laven 741 words Published in: LA Progressive, The Gilmer Mirror, Counterpunch, Sierra County...
21 Oct, 2020
Preparing for a Contested Election
Though former Vice-President Joe Biden maintains...
9 Oct, 2020
What comes next is up to us
What if we stopped separating the looming national chaos into separate categories —racism, climate change, war, vote suppression, election theft, pandemic, science denial, white supremacy, police brutality, etc. — and tried looking at it all at once?
30 Jul, 2020
Voting Rights and the Coming Election
“For many people, the thought of this November’s general election inspires anything from apprehension to outright dread…” Andrew Moss Published...
3 Jul, 2020
The Language of Vote Suppression
“There are many ways to suppress a vote. If you’ve followed elections in various states over the past two years,...
18 Nov, 2018
Look to the right for corruption
“When I was growing up a long time ago there was a presumption of prudential integrity for politicians. Yes, I...
12 Nov, 2018
Mid-Term electoral progress & setbacks— Women, Native Americans, Muslims
“It is clear after these past mid-terms we need the United Nations to monitor our national elections to make certain...
16 Oct, 2018
Intentional or Incompetence—Voter Suppression Where We Live
“On October 15th, 2018 early voting in Georgia started. I arrived at my polling place at 1:56 p.m. and completed...
14 Oct, 2018
Our American character and you the voter
“When we speak of people from a particular identity group—ethnicity, nationality, regional group, state, town, or one of many others—we...