A call for justice and change after the Owasso tragedy. Nex Benedict was 16. They loved Minecraft, cooking, friendship bracelets and their cat named Zeus. They were a straight-A student, a kid whose family described them as having “a light in them that was so big and bright and beautiful.” This is how we should […]
Democrats are suffering with continued Biden bashing. Since Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary last week, many political commentators have declared that the primary is over and the general election has, for all intents and purposes, begun. The two major candidates, Trump and President Joe Biden, seem to agree. After the results from New […]
She should stay in the race anyway. Former President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary, making him the first Republican candidate in an open primary to win Iowa and New Hampshire in almost 50 years. As of Jan. 24, the only other person left in the race for the Republican nomination is former Ambassador […]
Widespread Democratic victories emphasize the importance of abortion as an issue going into 2024. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, every time abortion rights have appeared on the ballot — either explicitly or implicitly — they have succeeded. The same was true on Tuesday night when elections were […]
The new Republican Speaker of the House’s policy views are wildly out of touch with those of the American people. After a full three weeks of public infighting and remarkable dysfunction, the Republican caucus of the House of Representatives finally selected a new Speaker of the House on Wednesday, Oct. 25. After four previous nominees […]
Another attack on drag threatens the entire queer community. It is difficult to overstate the importance of drag within queer history, community and activism. For decades, the drag scene has been a place where queer individuals can not only find each other, but find joy. Drag creates a safe space for people who have been […]
Kevin McCarthy was, in many ways, doomed from the start.As soon as Kevin McCarthy claimed the Speaker’s gavel in January, people started noting the way in which his position as Speaker of the House was under constant threat. The deal McCarthy made with the House Republican Freedom Caucus was a Chekov’s gun, an anvil labelled […]
House Republicans open a baseless, illegitimate inquiry into President Joe Biden. Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced that the U.S. House of Representatives would open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Republican members of the House claim that President Biden was involved in the illicit business dealings of his son, Hunter […]
The health of geriatric Congress members make them unfit to carry out their congressional duties. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, Sen. Mitch Mc- Connell was in the middle of a press con- ference in his home state of Kentucky when he abruptly froze. The 81-year-old Senate minority leader had just been asked about his plans to […]
He won it anyway. The 2024 presidential election began in earnest last week when eight members of the Republican Party met for the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But more important than those presidential hopefuls who were actually on stage was, as moderator Bret Baier put it, “the elephant not in the room.” […]