By Jane Eisner
Twenty years ago, I published "Taking Back the Vote: Getting American Youth Involved in Our Democracy."
The book grew out of a personal passion: Once my oldest child was able to cast a ballot, I became fascinated with the potential and obstacles facing our youngest voters.
I delved into the lengthy and messy midcentury struggle to pass the 26th Amendment, extending the franchise to 18-year-olds.
Puppy-killing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s chances of getting Donald Trump’s vice presidential selection are now in a political gavel pit, numerous reports say.
How out of favor has she fallen?
At a big Trump fundraiser last night in Florida, he talked about possible veep choices and did not mention Noem.
She was originally supposed to be there, but wasn’t.
Ever since it was revealed that in her upcoming book Noem almost proudly wrote about shooting and killing a 14-month-old puppy — then triple downed on it after a bipartisan furor broke — her viability for being Trump’s pick has plummeted.
Columbia University has become the epicenter of student protests over the war in Gaza.
In the following Q&A, Stefan Bradley, a history professor at Amherst College and author of the 2009 book, “Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s,” touches on the similarities and differences between the protests of the 1960s and now.
By Clay Jones
Remember when nobody liked an butt-kisser?
Remember when the teacher’s pet was the least popular kid in school?
What happened?
This is straight-up cultist: A few Republicans in the House have introduced a bill to rename Dulles International Airport after Donald Trump.
I first saw this story on Monday but I didn’t get past the headline because it was April Fools’ Day and I underestimated just how sycophantic and pathetic Republicans have become.
Trump’s retweet of a 2020 Dan Scavino tweet These are some of the latest headlines describing how our ally, Ukraine, continues to be mercilessly pounded by Russia as its air defense is “at the edge of its capacity,” while the GOP orchestra, led by maestro, wannabe emperor Trump, is hideously fiddling. • Russian forces conducted the second largest combined drone and missile strike of 2024 on the morning of February 7…Russia targeted Kyiv City during the February 7 strike for the third time thus far in 2024…. • International analysts say the onslaught of Russian missiles, stockpiled for months, ...
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University The plaintiffs seeking to remove former President Donald Trump from Colorado’s 2024 presidential election ballots filed their brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 26, 2024. They asked the court to uphold the ruling by Colorado’s highest court that Trump engaged in an insurrection against the United States and, accordingly, should be disqualified from the presidential election under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Trump “refused to accept ...
The pundit editorial class — as well as too many political reporters — focus on President Joe Biden’s age. What they don’t do is point out that Donald Trump is only 3.5 years younger. Nor do the New York Times, Wall Street Journal or Washington Post — or any TV news show — ever feature a quote from a Trump campaign event that’s more than a few words. That’s because after Trump strings words together, they look and sound like they were the output of a random number generator. At a campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire, Saturday afternoon, Trump said that Barack Obama was president. Not tha...
The 12.5″ natural gas pipe was 41″ deep. Just as the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010 was not a “spill” (it was an explosion), the reason 37,000 customers in eastern Washington and northwestern Idaho have no heat or hot water and can’t cook meals is not a gas pipeline “leak.”
In each case, however, news organizations minimized the extent of the man-made disaster with weasel words.
By Paul Morrow, University of Dayton
In the three weeks since war began between Israel and Hamas, social media has been taken over with images and stories of attacks, many of which proved false.
For example, within hours of Hamas’ surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, screen grabs from a popular video game were shared by thousands of social media users as if depicting real scenes of violence against Israeli troops in Gaza.
**by Jake JohnsonCommon Dreams** Moscow on Wednesday accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin after two unmanned Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Kremlin. In a statement, Russia’s presidential press service said that “timely actions taken by military and special services” disabled the drones. “Their fall and the fragments scattered around on the territory of the Kremlin caused no casualties or material damage,” said the press service, which noted that “the Russian president was not harmed.” A spokesperson for the Ukrainian armed forces said in respons...
A Fetterman campaign billboard on the New Jersey/Pennsylvania border.Fetterman campaign/Twitter Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz has garnered a lot of media attention recently, thanks to the Fetterman campaign’s relentless trolling of his opponent, mainly for being a resident of neighboring New Jersey rather than the state he’s running to represent. Fetterman has run ad after ad using Oz’s own words to highlight his deep Jersey roots. His campaign started a petition to nominate Oz for the New Jersey...
Donald Trump is under federal investigation for mishandling classified documents.Aquir Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Documents sought by the U.S. Justice Department from former President Donald Trump may contain material related to what The New York Times described as “some of the most highly classified programs run by the United States.” The Washington Post reported that “classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought” during a search of Trump’s Florida home on Aug. 8, 2022. Classified information is the kind of mat...
Martin Meissner/AP/AAP Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University On Sunday, Germans went to the polls to decide who will succeed retiring Angela Merkel as chancellor. ***Read more:From ‘Mädchen’ to ‘Mutti’: as Angela Merkel departs, she leaves a great legacy of leadership*** With a very close result as counting continues, it could be weeks or even months before a government is formed. This is what we know so far: 1. Progressive parties were the big winnersBoth the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens added more than 5% to their vote. It looks like the CDU has ended up with their worst...
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