How state Democrats protect Americans from Trump's policies
Every day, it seems the Trump administration and congressional Republicans introduce a new and more dangerous policy than the day before. Many Americans are terrified they could lose their health...
View ArticleWho can control marijuana? The Constitution says it's the states
A growing number of states are defying the federal marijuana ban, not only by easing their own laws, but by actively cooperating with marijuana growing, processing, and use. Many contend that pot...
View ArticleIt's time to restore federalism and make our Founding Fathers proud
After an embarrassing failure to pass an alternative healthcare plan, and an even more mortifying failure to repeal ObamaCare, Senate Republicans have reached a standstill.At its most basic, the...
View ArticleLincoln's words at Gettysburg resonate after Charlottesville
Seven score and fourteen years ago, Abraham Lincoln eloquently reminded us of the idealism of our founding our fathers, who “brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and...
View ArticleHow a ‘convention of states’ could tweak the Constitution
Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.”...
View ArticleCuomo 2020 is a pipe dream wasting New York tax dollars
All the writing’s on the wall. Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, has hired national political consultants, regularly fundraises out of state, makes well-publicized trade missions...
View ArticleToday's social unrest rooted in two histories of America
As Americans we engage deeply with the past every day. Whether through museums, genealogy, movies, family photo albums and reunions, the past is powerful because it helps us understand ourselves. In...
View ArticleThe case for an American ‘year of service’
In times of national crisis, Americans have a history of coming together and giving back.In the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt put 3 million unemployed men to work through...
View ArticleAmericans channel ancient Rome in condemning Confederate statues
The ancient Romans loved to destroy statues almost as much as they loved to admire them. Americans may be following in their footsteps as we decide whether to celebrate, destroy or relocate Confederate...
View ArticleWhite supremacy isn’t just for old white men
Many people in America were shocked and confused by the faces they saw on television in Charlottesville, Virginia last week, but such bewilderment suggests only a partial understanding of our last...
View ArticleThe answer to white supremacy is black political inclusion
The violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville has prompted local leaders across the country to begin dismantling visible signs of white supremacy, with cities from San Diego to Baltimore to...
View ArticleStates push Jim Crow when they override minimum wage laws
Governors and state legislators across the country are on a municipal power stripping spree. Just this week, Missouri enacted a state law preempting local efforts to raise the minimum wage, overturning...
View ArticleOPINION | Don't blame Houston’s lack of zoning for Harvey flooding
Houston was recently victim to the largest rainfall in U.S. history, a 52” deluge from Hurricane Harvey that’s left many parts of the metro still underwater. Houston is also arguably the nation’s...
View ArticleThe Texan view on Harvey relief
As the long recovery from Hurricane Harvey’s devastation begins in Texas and along the Gulf Coast, the debate over when and how to provide disaster relief is just getting started in Congress. Sadly,...
View ArticleWe won’t end homelessness until we figure out what actually works
At a reunion of formerly homeless men and women who had graduated from our shelter and job training programs, I listened anxiously as our speaker, Stanley, announced that he didn’t love his job. The...
View ArticleWe're all for supporting states' rights, except when it comes to...
Conservative politicians love to celebrate states' rights, using a rhetorical commitment to local control as an excuse for blocking progressive policies. Standing behind the idea that states should...
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