Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit UPDATE, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015: NBC News reports that Davis was found to be in contempt of court Thursdays morning. District Court Judge David Bunning has said Davis is bound by an oath of office to perform her duties under the law, and ordered that she be jailed […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit “After months of hearing from conservatives and fundamentalists about how they were going to secede, leave the country, or burn themselves in effigy over same-sex marriage1,” the day arrived on June 26, 2015 when the United States Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marriage would be […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Former President Jimmy Carter has some strong words about the politics of getting the party nomination and winning the presidency. During an interview with Thom Hartmann last week, Carter said that the United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” is the essence of winning […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Controversy raged from coast to coast in the wake of the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man who was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, 28, a white Ferguson police officer. The circumstances of the shooting, the resultant protests and civil unrest, and the failure of […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit The scandal surrounding abuse allegations against embattled entertainer Bill Cosby hit an all-time high after The Associated Press and The New York Times published excerpts from a 2005-06 deposition after a judge released portions of them earlier this month. Cosby had testified under oath in the depositions as […]