Politics
Conflation and Omission: Angela Nagle’s historical negation of the racism behind the Chinese Exclusion Act
There are many substantive critiques of Nagle’s reactionary anti-immigration article out there (see here, here, here, here, here, here and here) but I want to...
How China nails the Jell-o
China has quickly risen to encompass the largest community of Internet users in the world. Now President Xi Jingping is caging them all in. Bill...
Ocasio-Cortez: The next JFK?
By Kent R. Kroeger (November 30, 2018) She hadn’t been in Washington, D.C. a week before Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) decided to join climate change...
Is the Fed giving up its independence?
Is Jerome Powell repaying Donald Trump for not reappointing Janet Yellen? The world was surprised when Donald Trump once again broke tradition by not reappointing Janet...
Voting is Not Enough
Over the weekend, on the car radio I heard parts of the Global Citizen conference in New York City and some of the speakers talked...
Comprehensive Impacts of Trump’s First Year: Military/Defense/Police
General Introduction 2017 was a surreal year. Just when we think things can’t get any worse, lo and behold, a new tweet comes out. Or...
The GOP and their dated blinders are hurting Ohio
In this edition of The Middle, a discussion about why HB 565 and abortion reform is that last thing Ohio needs at the moment. By Alex...
A Missouri City Sells Out Minority Small Businesses for Big Box Promises
University City, Missouri, an inner ring suburb of St. Louis, is proposing a publicly financed redevelopment deal that will affect more than 22 businesses and...
Inside Bernie Sanders’s Head
The discussion the most popular democratic socialist in America is having over his political future By Gabriel Debenedetti Bernie Sanders was gratified, if a bit...
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