Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students

WELLSTON, Ohio — To Gwen Beatty, a junior at the high school in this proud, struggling, Trump-supporting town, the new Continue reading →

Backlash in Kansas ousts at least 11 conservative lawmakers

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators have lost their seats Continue reading →

Arizona Republicans Try to Bring Back Court-Packing

Republicans have not traditionally been fans of Franklin Roosevelt, but in statehouses across the country they are trying to emulate Continue reading →

Arizona Republicans cut Children’s Healthcare simply because it was a Federal Program

By Robert A. Vella As many of our readers are already aware, this blog often contrasts the differences between political Continue reading →

Texas’ Guns on Campus law: Unintended Consequences or Deliberate Subterfuge?

By Robert A. Vella Texas’ new law allowing people aged 21 and over to carry concealed handguns on college campuses Continue reading →

Texas academics told to avoid ‘sensitive topics’ if gun law goes into effect

When the University of Texas released a report last week detailing where it plans to allow guns on its Austin Continue reading →

Solar Power runs into political roadblock in America, the Republican Party’s allegiance to Fossil Fuels

By Robert A. Vella America is a place of great treasures, and one of its most valuable is millions of Continue reading →

Chris Christie just privatized New Jersey’s water. Good luck with that, New Jersey

Hurricane Sandy opportunist and all-around overgrown bully Governor Chris Christie has been sitting on a bill that would cut out citizens Continue reading →