by MCDC | May 19, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Opinion
fas·cism /ˈfaSHˌizəm/ noun an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. synonyms: authoritarianism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, despotism, autocracy; Nazism, rightism; nationalism, xenophobia, racism, anti-Semitism;...
by MCDC | May 17, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Opinion
Escalating the #Republican War on Women to new highs lows. Donald Trump claims to “cherish” women, but his actions — and words — suggest otherwise. Fox News’ Megyn Kelly called him out on his sexist behavior during the GOP debate on August 6, reminding him: “You have...
by MCDC | Mar 31, 2016 | Discrimination, Equal Rights, Income Inequality, Opinion, Racism
Democratic lawmakers drafted civil-rights legislation that would challenge Jim Crow laws in the South while leaving de facto segregation in the North intact. When NBC News asked the civil-rights organizer Bayard Rustin why many African American communities rioted the...
by MCDC | Mar 29, 2016 | Discrimination, Equal Rights, News, Opinion
By Ann Telnaes The North Carolina legislature passes and Gov. Pat McCrory signs a bill which require transgender people to use bathrooms according to the sex on their birth certificates rather than what they identify with.
by MCDC | Mar 23, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Health Care, Income Inequality, Issues, Minimum Wage, News, Opinion
Paul Ryan’s penance has not been matched by a broader effort to change the substance beneath the words. Ryan has long been the intellectual torchbearer of a public policy that would immediately hurt the same people he has decided to stop calling “takers.” For...
by MCDC | Mar 23, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, Opinion
By Ann Telnaes
