By Samuel Warde on September 1, 2015
LGBT Issues, marriage equality, SCOTUS, The Courts, The Supreme Court
gay marriage, gay rights, LGBT Issues, The Courts

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 […]
By Samuel Warde on August 3, 2015
Citizens United, Interviews, Jimmy Carter, The Courts, The Koch Brothers, Thom Hartmann, Videos
Elections, The Courts, Videos

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 […]
By Samuel Warde on July 30, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter, Ferguson, Police Overreach, Racial Issues, The Courts
Law & Order, Police, Police Overreach, Racial Issues, The Courts

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 […]
By Samuel Warde on July 22, 2015
Bill Cosby, Scandals, The Courts
Scandals, Social Justice, The Courts

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 […]
By Samuel Warde on July 20, 2015
DREAMers, Racial Issues, Racism, The Courts
Immigration, Racial Issues, The Courts

Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit A federal judge asked lawyers representing the state of Arizona whether the state’s motivation in refusing to give driver’s licenses and ID cards to young undocumented immigrants was due to racism. In 2012 the Obama administration initiated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, anĀ immigration policy allowing certain […]