On Saturday, Portland braces yet again for clashes between far-right Proud Boy activists and anti-fascist supporters. Portland has been the scene of several high-profile confrontations over the past few years which have raised the profile of both groups, espe…
Law professor Katie Porter never considered running for office. She worked under then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris and had Sen. Elizabeth Warren as a professor and mentor, but the idea of holding office herself was never even on the drawing board…
On Wednesday, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, catapulted into the news again after musing that humanity might not exist if not for rape and incest. These cruel and highly offensive remarks were in service of the argument that even sexually assaulted women should be …
Last week, Uber reported its results for the second quarter of 2019 and they were not great. The company lost $5.2 billion over just four months, which sent its stock tumbling days later to a new low. Executives say $3.9 billion of the loss is stock-based com…
It is the ultimate form of kleptocracy when the stewards of our government not only seek to rob those of us whose ancestors arrived more recently of our right to belong, but also actively steals the dreams from millions to ever become an American simply for b…
National security adviser John Bolton is not content with having killed off yet anothermajor arms-control agreement this month. He has set his sights on the last remaining treaty keeping a lid on the number of U.S. and Russian nukes despite the fact that even…
Even with the eyes of the world on him and the Department of Justices vast resources arrayed against him, Jeffrey Epstein was able to commit suicide Saturday while in U.S. custody in downtown Manhattan. Federal law enforcement officials and prison experts hav…
Two years ago Monday, hundreds of neo-Nazis and white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, in the so-called Unite the Right rally. What they came to do was not peacefully protest the removal of a Confederate statue as advertised, but orchestra…
Jeffrey Epstein, accused of abusing and trafficking young women and girls for decades, died by apparent suicide Saturday morning while in federal custody. His death sent shockwaves through both the law enforcement and victims advocacy communities, because it …
I believe all folks of reason can agree with me when I say that airline travel can be abysmal and that there is no reason it has to be as terrible as it is. Part of this is just straight class warfare. Financiers, “Real Housewives”cast members at least, the …
Its time to rethink how we label terrorism. In congressional testimony two weeks ago, Christopher Wray, the Trump-appointed director of our FBI, explained that the threat of white nationalist violence appears to be rising. Between October and June, there were…
President Donald Trump has no problem walking the walk on taking tough action on China over economic issues, as he labeled China a currency manipulator and sent the stock market reeling. But when it comes to sustaining Americas most powerful asset in the broa…