The Week In Congress: Dreamers, Declaring War, and Reuniting Korean-American Families
Published June 4, 2019 Here’s a video recap of the happenings in Congress last week (May 27-31, 2019). First up, two bills, The American Promise Act of 2019 and The Dream Act of 2019 introduced by Rep. Velasquez (D-NY) and Rep. Roybal-Allard (D-CA) respectively, were designed to carve a path to …
Bernie Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic socialism in his June 12 speech at George Washington University. Sanders quoted FDR’s 1944 State of the Unionaddress: “We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.” Sanders, like FDR, proposed an …
Trump’s New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People
Escalating his policy to economically strangle Cuba, Donald Trump has imposed new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. persons. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will no longer allow the popular “people-to-people” educational travel and they will deny licenses to cruise ships, the most common way people visit Cuba. “While this further …
The Precarious Fate of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court doesn’t like to overturn its past decisions. But there’s a way to get around Roe v. Wade without tossing it out completely. In this video we delve into how the Supreme Court makes decisions, the concept of stare decisis, and how other post-Roe cases have created vulnerabilities …
OPINION: Protect our People – or our Guns? The High Price of Ignoring the Facts on Guns and Domestic Violence
It’s August 2, 2017. Ciera Jackson sighs in relief. She’s just been granted a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, Victor Whittier. Eleven days later, Jackson lies dead on her kitchen floor. Whittier, defying the restraining order, shot her four times through her kitchen window. The path that led to Jackson’s …