President Joe Biden keeps lecturing corporate America to “pay your fair share” of taxes. It turns out he’s right that some companies really are getting away scot-free from paying taxes. But it isn’t Big Tech companies in Silicon Valley or the Wall Street financial company “fat ...
What is cultural identity and why is it so important? We’re grappling with that question in the United States, and the implications of our national culture wars are being felt in every sector — from politics to labor to entertainment. The latest example of this intensifying strife came ...
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Americans overwhelmingly supported Ukraine – as they did with Israel after Oct. 7. More pro-Israel Republicans are troubled by Ukraine’s strategy, or lack thereof, in an increasing Somme-like stalemate. Yet more pro-Ukrainian Democrats are turning away from ...
One of the recently released spring biopics that I looked forward to is the film on Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to be elected to Congress in 1968. Simply titled “Shirley,” the film takes viewers on an intense and dramatic journey of Chisholm’s 1972 Democratic ...
My favorite former Democrat elected official recently passed away - my not-so-secret friend, Senator Joe Lieberman. We were colleagues from the Connecticut delegation in Congress in the 1990s, but our friendship superseded that period. Just last May, I reached out by phone to Joe. As I grew ...
On Dec. 29, 2023, South Africa filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, accusing Israel of committing genocide, pointing to the scores of dead Palestinians that have resulted from Israel’s campaign against Hamas. While the case is still pending as of ...