Supplemental coverage of Trump’s executive orders on pandemic, plus today’s news headlines

By Robert A. Vella Here is some supplemental coverage of President Trump’s political ploy to shift blame for his mishandling Continue reading →

Friday Roundup: An evil fighter, a race warrior, the fall of farmers, domestic and international news

By Robert A. Vella Here’s a news roundup for this Friday after Christmas: An evil fighter From:  Anguish and Anger Continue reading →

Post impeachment fallout and a Friday news roundup

By Robert A. Vella President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday in a vote that transpired Continue reading →

As democracy dies, the last embers of resistance flare up in Hong Kong, Russia, and U.K. – but not in U.S.

By Robert A. Vella Democracy is dying.  Virtually everywhere we look around the world, authoritarians are on the rise.  Even Continue reading →

Documents Show Political Lobbying in Census Question About Citizenship

Documents released in a lawsuit attempting to block the inclusion of a question about citizenship in the 2020 census show Continue reading →

Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII

The Census Bureau plans to ask people if they are U.S. citizens in the 2020 count of the nation’s population, Continue reading →

Ecuador grants nationality to WikiLeaks founder

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living in asylum at the Continue reading →

Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts

The Justice Department is pushing for a question on citizenship to be added to the 2020 census, a move that Continue reading →