Adapted from The New York Times, January 26, 2020, by Michael M. Grynbaum Among the media organizations given credentials for the Trump trip to the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, one stood out: TruNews, a website aimed at conservative… Read More ›
Issues
Brief Cases
CONVERSION THERAPY PRACTICES CONTINUE TO TROUBLE STATES One of the nation’s most conservative states is the latest to take a stand in favor of LGBTQ equality. The law is the first of its kind in the nation. While other… Read More ›
Immigration and Political Prosperity
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, January 10, 2020. By Robert Gebeloff Often lost in discussions of immigration is the simple, inescapable fact that the United States was founded as a nation of immigrants. Only Native Americans have a… Read More ›
Virginia Workers Deserve Rights
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from an article in Blue Virginia, January 11, 2020, by Brian D. Teucke. As with many public policies, Virginia’s ban on public sector employee collective bargaining has a historical origin. Virginia is one of only nine states… Read More ›
Organizing for Gig Workers
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, January 9, 2020, by David Gelles. As noted in last week’s post regarding Eugene Scalia, the new Secretary of Labor, the decline of membership in union organizations accompanied by a rising gig… Read More ›
Around the NovaHood
This new feature, Around the NovaHood, will appear periodically, containing brief items of interest from the greater Northern Virginia area. FORMER SASLAW CAMPAIGN WORKERS GET JAIL TERMS A former lawyer has been sentenced to over 7 years in prison for… Read More ›
BLOWOUT by Rachel Maddow
Reviewed by Jim McCarthy Rachel Maddow is an uncontested star of MSNBC’s cable news and a powerhouse behind its ratings. In the opening pages of Blowout, she traces the history of ExxonMobil from the days of John D. Rockefeller setting… Read More ›
Political Mayhem Threatens Virginia
When the Wall Street Journal and Antifa end up on the same side of an issue, we know reason and rationality have been replaced by fear and ideology. A December WSJ editorial piece parroted a bizarre and false right-wing clickbait… Read More ›