Politics
The New York State Assembly moved legislation expanding the state’s bottle deposit program and another aimed at reducing the production of packaging plastics out of the Ways and Means Committee this week. Labor groups, including Teamsters and AFL-CIO, as well as industry groups like the Association of Convenience Stores, have...
The idea of political civility is both an aspiration and a requirement in the current political climate, which is characterized by widespread polarization and conflict. The significance of political civility goes beyond superficial considerations of respect and kindness, notwithstanding how trivial they may seem. It is essential to any healthy...
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a foolishly brazen attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, wasting everyone’s time and taxpayer dollars on an issue that no one cared about. It was widely believed that both Democrats and Republicans would reject the vote, yet Greene continued anyway. This...
Israel has ordered the evacuation of Rafah as incursion looms. Roughly 50,000 people have fled the city, but that is not an option for everyone, as most do not have anywhere else to go. By Tuesday morning, Israeli airstrikes on Rafah had killed 23 people, including six children, according to...
Vladimir Putin was sworn into office for his fifth term as Russia’s president after first taking office nearly a quarter of a century ago. With most opposition candidates either dead, jailed, exiled, or barred from running – and with dissent effectively outlawed in Russia since it launched a full-scale invasion...
Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Mar-a-Lago resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The Gestapo was the secret police of the Third Reich that silenced any...
Many journalists have reported that Donald Trump is falling asleep during his criminal hush money trial in Manhattan, but the former president vehemently denies those claims. Trump, a known liar, is far less reputable than the well-known news outlets covering the case. It is incredibly disrespectful to the judge, attorneys...
On Thursday, President Joe Biden will formally sign a proclamation expanding two national monuments in California and protecting nearly 120,000 acres of land, according to the White House. The proclamation will add 105,919 acres of land to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and 13,696 acres to the Berryessa Snow...
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced Wednesday she will force a vote in an effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson next week – a move that comes after Democrats have said they will vote to kill the effort and ensure Johnson doesn’t lose his job. Most Republicans are not...
The proper role of religion in influencing political choices has long been a source of heated controversy in American politics. Supreme Court decisions and continuing disputes show how difficult it is to draw lines between religion and government, even if the First Amendment makes that distinction quite apparent. With this...
As student protesters unite across college campuses to stand up against the ongoing genocide in Gaza, former president Donald Trump has condemned their peaceful protest and called the deadly Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally a “peanut” in comparison. In August 2017, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and other right-wing groups descended on the city...
No one can dispute the importance of reproductive rights to women’s health and independence; they are basic human rights. One of these rights is the autonomy to choose one’s own reproductive and bodily health care without governmental intervention. Reproductive justice has recently been in the spotlight because of the Supreme...
