Ted Millar

Ted Millar is writer and teacher. His work has been featured in myriad literary journals, including Better Than Starbucks, Caesura, Circle Show, Cactus Heart, & Third Wednesday. He is also a contributor to The Left Place blog on Substack, Liberal Nation Rising, and Medium.
Recent Study Confirms US Ranks Dead Last in Healthcare Outcomes

Recent Study Confirms US Ranks Dead Last in Healthcare Outcomes

Medicare for all. That very phrase has the potential to produce several very palpable responses. Republicans are, naturally, opposed to…

3 years ago

Ahead of Midterms, the DNC Will Invest Millions in Voter Engagement

The DNC has announced an expansion of this successful initiative "to address and overcome efforts across the country to make…

3 years ago

Amazon Workers Allowed to Re-Vote for a Union After Corporate Interference

A National Labor relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer determined Amazon’s interference in the election warrants another vote.

3 years ago

Trump’s Lawyers Plead Immunity From the IRS to Avoid Congressional Scrutiny

Trump's lawyers contend Congress has no authority to investigate individuals and cannot demand personal, confidential information.

3 years ago

Republican ‘Cancel Culture’ Hits New Low With Attacks Against D.C. Police

Sometimes we have to give republican pundits and lawmakers credit. They're really good at herding their right-wing hate media flock away…

3 years ago

GOP Legislatures Invoke Civil Rights to Prevent Fictitious Vaccination ‘Mandates’

Why are republicans so opposed to COVID vaccines? Claiming it is "political" is reductive. Perhaps the motive is more insidious.

3 years ago

The Proposed New ‘Fox Weather’ Has Scientists Concerned

Not content promulgating "climate change hoax" lies on its regular platform, it has decided to add a 24-hour weather channel…

3 years ago

Exxon Lobbyist Says the Quiet Part Out Loud in Leaked Video

Lobbyists cop to fossil fuel behemoth Exxon Mobil’s clandestine efforts to appear supportive of climate change-mitigation legislation while simultaneously shoveling…

3 years ago

Mitch McConnell Admits the ‘Era of Bipartisanship is Over’

Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives. They hold a narrow majority in the Senate. They have the…

3 years ago

Opinion: The US Supreme Court Authorized More Voter Suppression

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative…

3 years ago

Extreme Weather is a Warning We Can No Longer Afford to Minimize

This is a warning. Perhaps it's too late. But we are facing a potential climate hostile to human life.

3 years ago

January 6 Redux? DHS is Concerned About Online Right-Wing Chatter

What's another term for a "failed coup"? A rehearsal. The United States came dangerously close to losing democracy January 6…

3 years ago

Former NRA President Tricked Into Appearing in Gun-Control Videos

While we seem to finally be gaining ground on the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one public health crisis to which…

3 years ago

Chuck Schumer And Bernie Sanders Team Up to Expand Medicare

One of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' signature issues when running for president in 2016 and 2020 was single-payer healthcare; i.e.…

3 years ago

Right-Wing Threats to Poll Workers Endanger Future Elections

Volunteering to serve as an election official is one of the most important responsibilities a person can accept. There are…

3 years ago

NY Got Close to Passing Single-Payer Healthcare–Then Special Interests Squashed It

Many New Yorkers were expecting this year would be the one in which New York finally passed the "New York…

3 years ago

Florida Joins the List of GOP-led States Banning Critical Race Theory

Back in September, two months before losing the election to Joe Biden, when Donald Trump was repeating the fallacy either…

3 years ago

Leaked IRS Data Shows Just How Much the Wealthy Are Ripping Us Off

For the past four decades, this country has slogged under a system promoting the discredited theory that if we give…

3 years ago