When whites decide racism is over ... that's "whitewishing"
A satirical open letter from the GOP to working class white men.
The fiscal scolds at Fix The Debt are again demanding 'reforms' to Social Security and Medicare. Their entire argument is…
Rich people should talk more openly, more often. It would make a progressive agenda a whole lot more achievable.
This week Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation denounced tech companies and employers who censor or punish online ugliness.…
President Obama's critics routinely dismiss him as "feckless," but most have long records as feck-ups. And what's wrong with pivoting?
You've surely heard that the civil war in Syria, and the broader tensions in the Middle East and Africa, are…
The hearings on Syria did not answer every reasonable question about a possible U.S. punitive strike, but they exposed some…
Progressives sometimes criticize the south as backward, but that's not entirely fair. For example, Louisiana Republicans have developed time travel
Republicans have not proposed a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and won't, because Obamacare has turned the GOP base…
Supporters of stop-and-frisk policies love to toss around statistics about race and crime. Whether they know it or not, they're…
When the Tea Party emerged four summers ago, many of us dismissed them as a corporate-seeded astroturf movement. We were…
Sunday's rioting in Huntington Beach, California is sparking a national conversation about white youth and violence. It's about time.
Anthony Weiner needs to get out of the race after the vile, misogynistic tantrum his communications director, Barbara Morgan.
Reporters have no trouble finding experts to speculate on why so many politicians have sex scandals. Statistics say the better…
Part of white privilege is not realizing that, for young black men, "the rule of law" is not much protection…
Videos of rioting in Miami began circulating quickly after last night's not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial.…
What House Republicans are doing is like terrorists giving the hostage negotiator a choice of which hostage to shoot ...…
Conservatism has been described as the belief that no one should be the first person to do anything ... and…
Progressives often criticize Republicans for doing nothing to help create jobs. I understand the criticism, but it misses a key…
Let's remember to celebrate our declaration of independence, a political act whose primary intent was to achieve a government that…
You've probably seen the word "derp" floating around lately. You may wonder what it means ... and why we seem…
The Court's more troubling decisions came in a pair of cases on workplace discrimination. Individually, each case might seem benign.…
The Inspector General's report didn't mention the IRS targeting progressive groups for enhanced scrutiny, because Darrell Issa used the IG's…
For those who shocked by Edward Snowden's flight to Russia, he's following a path set by William Martin and Bernon…
House Republicans want government small enough to fit in your womb. And we need to make sure women remember that…
Conservatives still oppose First Lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity program, because freedom. But when it comes to progressive legislation, the right-wing…
The AP have launched a vendetta to bring down President Obama, and they have made their agenda crystal clear through…
Not all liberals are progressive, and not all progressives are liberal. And when we discuss politics, we must recognize and…
The end of Big Military, it seems, leaves us with Even Bigger computers sifting Even Bigger data to identify and…
Yesterday's revelations about the NSA's PRISM program should spark conversations about privacy. And those discussions should move beyond George Orwell's…
Republicans are using a desperately ill 10-year-old child as a prop in a political campaign to smear Obamacare.
The conservative manual for How to Handle a Heckler, Black Democratic First Lady Edition varies a lot from the manual…
"Communist" First Lady "Blindly Stirs Race Tension" ... not Michelle Obama, but Eleanor Roosevelt after the Zoot Suit Riots
As the sequester bites deepen, Americans are desperate for jobs, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, and access to health care.…
Does civilization break down after disasters, with looting in the streets? Or do communities pull together? The answer, according to…
Conservatives think a new study about men and big biceps proves their physical superiority over liberals, when it actually reveals…
For months, Republicans have accused the Obama administration of lying and omitting crucial information about Benghazi. In fact, this is…
With the deficit falling, House Republicans have found themselves stumbling around while for a good ransom on raising the debt…
Last week the Beltway media kicked off ScandalFest 2013, their periodic celebration of talking point transcription and self-righteousness disguised as…
A new study by Filipe Campante of the Harvard Kennedy School and Quoc-Anh Do of Singapore Management University found that…
In case you missed it this week, Repubenghazilicans held yet another round of overbenghazisight hearbenghazings on an issue of earthbenghazishattering…
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