Mandatory voting will make America into a truer democracy
Compulsory voting will ensure that our elected officials are representative of the populace’s desires.
The insufferable rise of the Self-Proclaimed Undergraduate Public Intellectual
Steve Bannon uses deception tactics to fake being an intellectual.
Tokenism can be a recipe for isolation and casual racism
There is a fine line between being treated as “other” and being treated as an equal.
Why I can no longer respect Paul Ryan
The 2016 election was Paul Ryan’s ultimate moral test. He failed.
America should pay its debt to Iraqi interpreters rather than abandoning them
Banning Iraqi refugees will only exacerbate problems for our allies.
American labor unions aren’t as influential as they used to be
The decline in union membership has made today’s labor unions much less powerful than they once were.
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Maryland’s short-sighted fracking policies put profit over the environment.
Mayor Catherine Pugh used UMMS for her own personal gain, but she’s not the only problem
People serving the public should not be hindered by self-serving motives.
Puerto Rico needs more federal government support
The territory still hasn’t fully recovered from Hurricanes Maria and Irma.
Environmental activists can learn a lot from Maryland’s Clean Energy Jobs Act
The bill is a model for environmental legislation everywhere.