Where have all the Ventilators Gone?

Since the widespread outbreak of Covid-19 in the US, there has been a back-and-forth struggle between the federal and state governments over equipment necessary to fight the outbreak. Everything from personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and gowns, life-saving ventilators, testing kits and testing equipment like swabs, are in short supply across the country. Governors…

Like it or not, progressive policies can save us from this crisis.

It has been a difficult week. In fact it has been a difficult couple of months, and the last week feels like it's spanned as long as another month. I had been avoiding writing about the impending COVID-19 outbreak, though following it closely, for several reasons. Mainly I am not an expert in epidemiology or…

Is Elizabeth Warren Counting on a Contested Convention?

I have a confession to make at the very top. I like Elizabeth Warren, and I very much want her to be president. There was a three-way tie between her and Sanders and Julian Castro for my top choice going into these primaries. And no that Castro has endorsed her, a Warren-Castro ticket is the…

The Saints come Marching in: The Democratic Primary so far

In the first week of February, the much anticipated Democratic Primary voting started, with enough watch parties and screaming fans to rival the Superbowl the day before. It was an anti-climactic and disheartening event, with a last minute, seemingly much warned about caucusing app that seemed doomed to fail and possibly compromised from the beginning…

Inhumanity is the New Policy

For the third time in United States history the House delivered Articles of Impeachment against a sitting president early this year. They detail a plot of corruption from the President throughout official and unofficial government channels, which endangered US interest, international standing and free democracy. What is left unsaid in those articles are a series…

How to Make a War

The decade began with violence. Not unlike the violence that has characterized the past two decades of unending American military involvement in the Middle East. But this move signified and escalation, one that promises renewed violence and political and humanitarian turmoil. Much to the shock and panic of international allies, adversaries and American citizens alike,…

The Terror is Real

In the past, I have written about mass tragedy being made political. It is a difficult emotional process to understand and grieve after a communal tragedy, and then convert that grief into anger, into mobilized action that is policy-based, inherently political, but aimed at corrected the environment which leads to these tragedies. It is necessary…

Reality has no home here

I have spent most of my adult life in a place I did not grow up. I came from Texas to Chicago for college, and have stayed nearly a decade. I could easily go back to Texas, but I have made relations and connections here, and choose to stay, whether I consider it home or…