When Jim O’Connor’s students at St. Francis High School in La Canada, Calif., learned where the Vietnam veteran and math teacher spends his free time outside of the classroom, their respect for him multiplied exponentially. As CBS Evening News reports: O’Connor can be a bit of a drudge. But the 70-year-old Vietnam vet says he’s […]
Three times as much money has been raised for this year’s elections as four years ago, when the Citizens United decision was announced. But where is it all coming from? Bill Moyers speaks with investigative journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll about the role of dark money — and the wealthy donors behind it — […]
A Mississippi news anchor is in hot water for a comment he posted on Facebook last week, urging members of the LGBT community to take a “gaycation.” WLOX-TV (Biloxi, Mississippi) news anchor Dave Elliott posted the inflammatory remark on his Facebook page: “I’m all for the LGBT community’s ongoing fight for equality. I support their […]
UPDATE, July 8, 2015: Former Judge for the International Court of Justice at the Hague tells Newsweek that he believes former Vice-President Dick Cheney should and will be tried before the tribunal at the Hague for war crimes. Considered by many the world’s most distinguished living specialist in international human rights law, Thomas Buergenthal served […]
Bill Maher concluded Friday night’s episode by telling Democrats to man up: “New Rule: Crazy idea division, since there’s an election coming up Democrats might want to say something about what they propose to do for America sometime between now and November.” Maher went on to plea for Democrats to stop remaining silent in the […]