OPINION: I fact checked Naomi Wolf’s new book on gay rights â the mockery she has faced for one error disguises the real outrage we should feel
For a month, critics have attacked Naomi Wolfâs new book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, which explores how 19th-century UK laws persecuted homosexuality around the world and fuelled the gay rights movement. A BBC radio host pointed out on 21 May that the phrase âdeath recordedâ did …
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 2019Â 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 FDRâs 1944 State of the Unionaddress: âWe have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.â Sanders, like FDR, proposed an …
Trumpâs 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 âpeople-to-peopleâ educational travel and they will deny licenses to cruise ships, the most common way people visit Cuba. âWhile 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 …