Author: Carma Henry

Hiring the hit men

There are none as blind as those who refuse to see

       Everywhere I go lately, people whisper the same question: are we sliding into another blacklist era? They point out what happened to Stephen Colbert. They point out what happened to Jimmy Kimmel. They point to other entertainers whose shows, jokes, or politics suddenly seemed to cost them work.

Why Democrats Need a Year-Round Voter Engagement Strategy

     To date, unfolding right in front of us, the current culmination of this is Project 2025, spearheaded by far-right Heritage Foundation and others. It is the Trump regime playbook, and was devised by far right political intellectuals, including Christian nationalists, and is the plan to dismantle democracy, sector by sector, smashing guardrails against autocracy one-by-one.

     I have the argument dozens of different ways. Video of Congresswoman Lisa McClain (from March 25th) is routinely recycled: Trump could have the cure for cancer and the democrats would still be upset. Normally this is the kind of trolling or red-meat-to-the-MAGA-base kind of statement I ignore, but these are not normal times. In critical thinking there are several ‘smell tests’ that can be applied to check the soundness of an argument. Fallacies and contradictions are always things for which critical thinkers should lookout.

     Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the major countries of the world have been aligning in two different blocs: NATO (which includes most European nations, the United States, and Canada), Japan, and South Korea, on one side, and Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and India on the other.

     As we enter the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—a time meant for reflecting on where we’ve strayed from compassion—I keep returning to the dehumanization of Palestinians I’ve witnessed among the observant Jewish community I grew up in. 

       As the Legislature explores the future of property taxes in the state, tensions continue to swirl around whether local governments manage money the way state lawmakers would like.

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The passing of Assata Shakur has left a deep void in those who saw her as more than a revolutionary. She was a mother, poet, and symbol of liberation whose life embodied struggle and sacrifice.