A Lesson from the Largest Mass Shooting in U.S. History: No Lives Matter
While those who possess hearts grieve for the victims of Sunday morning’s nightclub shooting in Orlando, a darkness seems to be settling in. We now must add this to the seemingly endless list of...
View ArticleHoward Stern Sticks His Nose in the Gun Debate but Should Stick with What He...
Howard Stern said this week that restricting access to guns is a bad idea, as firearms put the good guys on equal footing with the bad ones. (Except Pulse had an armed security guard, a "good guy.") He...
View ArticleCongress Refuses to Do Their Job – Again
In yet another example of how our Republican-led Congress is completely inept and unwilling to do the job they were voted in to do, the Senate voted down four separate measures aimed at tightening gun...
View ArticleDems Take Over the House—And Over My Heart
Democrats with boldly beating hearts and balls of steel have seized control of the House floor in an act of old-school civil rights tactical defiance. Led by Rep. John Lewis, my patron saint of...
View ArticleLook Out, Gun Lobbyists -- Here Come the Gays
If there’s one thing you need to know about the LGBTQ community, it’s this: We get shit done.Not too long ago, many people in my life -- all of whom are allies, by the way – lamented that we would not...
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My Letters to the 49 Senators Who Are Okay With Rape in the Military
This past Monday on the Fourth of July, citizens all around the nation displayed their versions of patriotism by shoving their faces with hot dogs, setting off explosions that sent pets flying under...
View ArticleA Uniform Does Not Hide You from Guilt -- Except It Does
My mother worked for many years for the state police and tragically lost a few of her co-workers when they were shot and killed on the job. I have seen the ugly side of being a cop, and I have met some...
View ArticleFamily Leave Needs to be Bigger, Broader, and Gayer
I remember my mornings before kindergarten class and how much I enjoyed the time being at home and relaxing. My mother would make me a quick lunch, which I ate while watching The Puzzle Place on PBS,...
View ArticleWhen Progressives Get Confused with Opportunists
When I was a baby, I used to pee in my diaper. When I was eight, I wanted to be a storm chaser. When I was a tween, I straightened my hair. When I was in college, I was a self-described hippie and a...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh and the Lesbian Farmer Fantasy
It appears from Rush Limbaugh’s latest anti-gay rant that his pill-popping days are far from over. During his Aug. 17 radio show, he warned his listeners to beware of an impending invasion of redneck...
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Women’s Equality Day Urges Us to Look At All of Women’s Mediocre Accomplishments
As a woman, I understand that I am only half of a person. As a gay woman, I am only 1/3 of a person. Therefore any successes I achieve are only somewhat admirable. Today, Women’s Equality Day, let’s...
View ArticleThe Concept of Patriotism in an Era of Social Media Trolling
All this talk about patriotism lately is making me crazier than any woman ever has. From attacking Gabby Douglas for not putting her hand over her heart during the National Anthem at the Olympics, to...
View ArticleA Case of Pneumonia and Hysteria
The word “transparency” is thrown out a lot in the realm of politics. We want our leaders to be as sheer as possible and tell us everything about themselves – how much money they make, how many...
View ArticleOn Sexual Assault: We Are All Audrie and Daisy
This past weekend, I decided to torture myself as I often do by watching a documentary that makes me want to scream at the top of my lungs and punch the television screen. For some reason, I do this...
View ArticleThe Union Case For Hillary Clinton
Never have we had more of a 1 percenter, misogynistic, anti-worker, scam artist running for president than Donald Trump. And never have we had more of a highly qualified, pro-family, hard-working...
View ArticleNewsflash: Sexuality is NOT an Invitation for Sexual Assault
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve likely been bombarded with social media posts regarding presidential candidate and walking Cheetoh Donald Trump’s history of sexually predatory language and...
View ArticleThe Nasty Woman Case for Hillary Clinton
If you know anything about Donald Trump, you know he respects women. He respects women more than anyone else, believe him. He respects women so much, in fact, that he displays it by not even waiting to...
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How to Not be Taken Seriously as a Trump Supporter in 10 Easy Steps
Are you looking for a foolproof strategy to not be taken seriously as a Trump supporter? Just follow these 10 steps and you’ll be well on your way to being mocked by sane and rational beings...
View ArticleUnion Members Who Voted for Trump Forgot About One Disastrous Consequence
There are a lot of reasons why it doesn’t make sense for union members to have voted for Donald Trump. From his support of right-to-work laws to refusing to bargain with his workers in Las Vegas, from...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Vision for a “Great” America? Dumber, Dirtier, and De-Unionized
Donald Trump recently released a list of things he plans on doing when he assumes the presidency on January 20.Oh, my god. I cannot believe that sentence just came out of my mouth.Aside from enacting a...
View ArticleThe Day the Pipeline Came
The day the pipeline came, the river moanedIts current was still and numb when not long ago it flowedAnd it bent and it gaveIt would never takeBecause it’s not like the water to kill our fateBut it...
View ArticleUnions Better Branch Out Before They Die Out
I work for a union. And there are many things I love about my union and the labor movement as a whole. There is a lot to respect about the community and its efforts to improve the lives of workers...
View ArticleDon’t Use Sexual Assault as Grounds for Bigotry
Sexual assault is real. It’s ugly. It’s tragic. And it’s something we all need to take more seriously and tackle collectively.This is why anti-transgender wailers trying to use the revolting crime as a...
View ArticleWhen Women Feel Lost, They Can be Found in Unions
As Women’s History Month marches on with social media hashtags and documentary screenings and powerful slogans, the perception can come across as if we’ve won. As if we can stop fighting. As if the...
View ArticleTrump’s Budget Plan is Best Argument Yet for Joining the Labor Movement
Earlier today, President Trump revealed his first budget blueprint including the massive cuts he would make to offset his $54 billion investment in military spending. Some of the agencies that will be...
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America Unregulated: Severed Limbs and Starvation Wages
As Donald Trump and his Republican cohorts continue their crusade against safety and environmental regulations that they claim “hurt businesses,” the horrendous consequences of not having them in place...
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The Very Nonsensical Trump Budget Proposal
A lot of things about Donald Trump don’t make sense—his hair, his words, his presidency. His latest budget submitted today is no different.With an increase in military spending of 10 percent and...
View ArticleThe Pro-Life Party is Out to Kill
The latest budget proposal from “President” Trump was released earlier this week, and if one thing wasn’t already clear, it sure is now—Republicans do not care about the sanctity of life.Trump’s list...
View ArticleClimate Deniers Look to Coal to Preserve Tradition
There are a lot of things our ancestors did in the past that we no longer do. We no longer attempt to treat syphilis with arsenic. We no longer smoke cigarettes on airplanes. We no longer have our...
View ArticleWhy Labor Must Fight White Supremacy Like We Fight Bad Trade
The tragic violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Va., that left three dead this past weekend shed a light on the sickness of racism that has existed in this country since before slavery. The only...
View ArticleTrump Chooses Businesses Over Veterans. Anyone Surprised?
Policy experts have submitted their opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke provisions of the “beryllium rule,” which would limit occupational exposure to beryllium in the...
View ArticleSo-Called “Job Creator” CEO Worth Billions Slashes Jobs for “Financial Reasons”
Last week, workers at two popular New York City news sites, DNAInfo and Gothamist, voted to unionize. This week, CEO Joe Ricketts announced he was shutting down both platforms due to financial...
View ArticleTrump Turns Miners' Lives into a Game of Russian Roulette
At a time when coal mining deaths are on the rise, the Trump administration has decided to allow that dreadful trend to continue, all the while bragging about his love for the underground...
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