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…

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,…

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…