As we stated over 10 years ago, as Donald Trump was coming on the scene as a presidential candidate, “democratic socialism” is not a political party in the US but rather a political and activist system held by an organization, the Democratic Socialists of America. Among their goals is “a system where ordinary people have […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The House Financial Services Committee: A Report Card for 2019
After Democrats won the House of Representatives in decisive fashion in the 2018 election, committee chairs shifted radically. Rep. Maxine Waters of California became the first woman and first black lawmaker to serve as chair of the important House Financial Services Committee. Waters, at 81 years young, took a strong hold of the Committee in […]
The Legacy of Slavery, Part I: A Look at Reparations
The issue of reparations has lately become a fairly significant part of our national conversation. The fact that we are even discussing this in 2019 shows that the legacy of the enslavement of African Americans still persists – 156 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 154 years after the end of the Civil War and the […]