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  • Op-Ed
    How the Far Right Has Coopted Women’s Issues
    March 17, 2023 2:03 pm | By 52560

    How the Far Right Has Coopted Women’s Issues

    March is Women’s History Month, and, unfortunately, it’s not free of assaults on women’s liberties. The Far Right is going after women every way it can, and it’s justifying all the attacks with specious claims about protecting women from imaginary…

  • Op-Ed
    Threats to Marriage Rights Are Threats to All Rights
    March 17, 2023 11:38 am | By 52560

    Threats to Marriage Rights Are Threats to All Rights

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire.  If you’ve been watching what’s going on in state legislatures lately, you know that red-state lawmakers are all-in on attacking three things: abortion, voting rights and LGBTQ rights. And in Tennessee, a real…

  • Op-Ed
    Don’t Let the Far Right Martha Mitchell You
    March 8, 2023 1:22 pm | By 52560

    Don’t Let the Far Right Martha Mitchell You

    Recently, I caught the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary “The Martha Mitchell Effect.” If you’re not familiar, it’s a compelling look at a woman named Martha Mitchell, how she fits into the Watergate scandal, and how she was abused and ignored when…

  • Op-Ed
    Then and Now, Young People are Leading the Fight to Vote 
    March 7, 2023 4:15 pm | By 52560

    Then and Now, Young People are Leading the Fight to Vote 

    Today marks the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday when 600 brave people stood up to oppression and were met with brutal violence at the hands of police. The event led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,…

  • Op-Ed
    State Takeover Schemes Threaten Public Safety
    March 2, 2023 12:20 pm | By 52560

    State Takeover Schemes Threaten Public Safety

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Blue cities in red states, beware: conservatives in state government may be coming for your police department.   It’s happening in Jackson, Mississippi, where state officials have a plan to stand up a new…

  • Op-Ed
    Black History Isn’t “Controversial,” It’s Real Life
    February 23, 2023 10:52 am | By 52560

    Black History Isn’t “Controversial,” It’s Real Life

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Black history is the undeniable history of this country, its people, actions, triumphs, and atrocities. Yet, Black history is deemed “controversial” by people like Governor Ron DeSantis, institutions like the College Board that…

  • Op-Ed
    Florida Is Just the Latest Battlefield in Right’s War on Education
    February 16, 2023 10:40 am | By 52560

    Florida Is Just the Latest Battlefield in Right’s War on Education

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. It’s been a few weeks since a mess started boiling over in Florida with the rollout of the new AP African American Studies course, and no one involved is looking good: not the…

  • Op-Ed
    What I Wish We Heard in Biden’s State of the Union
    February 9, 2023 6:19 pm | By 52560

    What I Wish We Heard in Biden’s State of the Union

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Reviews are rolling in for President Biden’s latest State of the Union address, with many of them focusing on a highlight of the evening: the moment the President got Republicans to cheer for…

  • Op-Ed
    I Know There’s a Solution to Police Reform Because I’ve Seen It
    February 7, 2023 11:40 am | By 52560

    I Know There’s a Solution to Police Reform Because I’ve Seen It

    In the wake of the tragic death of Tyre Nichols, yet another young Black man killed by police, I feel frustrated over the conversations happening around public safety reform. On one side, some progressives advocate for a complete abolition of…

  • Op-Ed
    Yes, Voting Does Work
    February 2, 2023 12:18 pm | By 52560

    Yes, Voting Does Work

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. As I’m writing this, 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has just been laid to rest. The pain and heartbreak we feel over the needless killing of this beloved and loving young man, son and father…

  • Op-Ed
    Private Acts, Public Shaming: Decoding the Far Right’s Attack on Who Can Access Bathrooms
    January 27, 2023 5:25 pm | By 52560

    Private Acts, Public Shaming: Decoding the Far Right’s Attack on Who Can Access Bathrooms

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Over the past few years, we’ve all become painfully aware of the Far Right’s attacks on trans people, often centered around the right to use the restroom. So-called “bathroom bills” have popped up…

  • Op-Ed
    What’s an Eruv – and What Can It Teach Us?
    January 19, 2023 5:08 pm | By 52560

    What’s an Eruv – and What Can It Teach Us?

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. If you’ve been watching news or social media recently, it’s hard to miss a disturbing trend in American culture. It seems like antisemitism is back in a very public way – and not…

  • Op-Ed
    A Magic Made by Many
    January 12, 2023 10:35 am | By 52560

    A Magic Made by Many

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. For many of us, the Martin Luther King holiday every year brings memories of Dr. King’s great speeches and the incredible power of his words. Dr. King was a master orator who gave…

  • Op-Ed
    Get Ready, Congress: Here Comes Gen Z
    January 5, 2023 12:22 pm | By 52560

    Get Ready, Congress: Here Comes Gen Z

    This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. When 25-year-old Maxwell Frost of Florida takes his seat in the U.S House this month, he will be the nation’s first Gen Z member of Congress. That -- in and of itself --…

  • Op-Ed
    Somebody Feed Us More “Somebody Feed Phil”
    December 16, 2022 4:17 pm | By 52560

    Somebody Feed Us More “Somebody Feed Phil”

    Who knew that we needed to watch the writer of “Everybody Loves Raymond” eat his way around the globe? If you haven't seen the hit Netflix show, then perhaps you haven’t met goofy, sometimes-corny, but always endearing comedy writer Phil Rosenthal.…

  • Op-Ed
    Far-Right School Board Candidates: “We’ll Be Back”
    December 14, 2022 4:12 pm | By 75043

    Far-Right School Board Candidates: “We’ll Be Back”

    Back in August, I wrote that getting “back-to-school” this year would also mean getting back to fighting far-right attacks on education.  The threats included a rising number of efforts to ban books, and the Right’s efforts to take over local…

  • Op-Ed
    Sen. Warnock’s Victory Is a Win for Georgia and America
    December 8, 2022 1:51 pm | By 75043

    Sen. Warnock’s Victory Is a Win for Georgia and America

    If you haven’t watched Sen. Raphael Warnock’s speech on the night of his reelection in Georgia on December 6, stop everything you’re doing, and watch it now. Then tell your kids to watch it. And your neighbors.    What you’ll…

  • Op-Ed
    Celebrating Progressive District Attorneys and Their Contributions to Public Safety Reform 
    December 6, 2022 6:12 pm | By 52560

    Celebrating Progressive District Attorneys and Their Contributions to Public Safety Reform 

    The progressive movement is not always the best at celebrating our wins, or repeating winning tactics. Compared to the Far Right, who can’t seem to get enough of hammering home the same topics over and over ad nauseum, we sometimes…

  • Op-Ed
    Stay Alert: Trump, Ye, and Nick Fuentes?
    December 1, 2022 6:16 pm | By 75043

    Stay Alert: Trump, Ye, and Nick Fuentes?

    By now you may have heard who President Trump had as dinner guests at Mar-a-Lago over Thanksgiving week. Among them was the 24-year-old Nick Fuentes, who has spent several years building an online following among by promoting a poisonous mix…

  • Op-Ed
    How We Can Influence the Courts that Influence Our Lives
    November 23, 2022 10:52 am | By 75043

    How We Can Influence the Courts that Influence Our Lives

    As I write this, the final few races are being called in the midterm elections that were held weeks ago. It’s clear that that the House will be closely divided, with Republicans holding a very small majority. History shows that…