by David Mark Greaves There is meanness being applauded at the Departments of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services, and a climate destructor at the Environmental Protection Agency. The Voter Integrity Commission is beginning its voter suppression agenda with requests for voter information from all of the states. Most of them refused, but […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves Health Care’s Three Adversaries The health care debacle in Washington is because the people are fighting not one, but three adversaries– the insurance industry, those who cater to the rich and the legacy of slavery. Universal Health Care, Medicare for All or single-payer, however you want to call it, is violently […]readmore
There is a profound sadness living in this time of Donald Trump, knowing that we will have him, an uncontrollable, dangerous and evil man, occupying valuable space in our consciousness for the foreseeable future, and perhaps for the rest of our lives. We are trapped in his delusions and victims of his tweets until the […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves While the Congress, the committees, the special prosecutor and the Fourth Estate looks for the “smoking gun,” Donald Trump and those he has brought to power, who are acting as though they are all Russian agents, promise to wreak havoc on Black and Brown people every which way they can. The […]readmore
The President of the United States casts the Constitution aside and institutes a religious ban on refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations entering the country prompting uproars across the nation, almost a thousand career diplomats to sign a letter of objection and the firing of the Acting U.S. Attorney General after she issued a notice to […]readmore
When you have an illegitimate president, you get an abnormal time and that is the time we’re in. This is Our Challenge As the more and more popular President Barack Obama leaves office, we are left facing a future full of unknowns. Illegitimate, not normal, erratic, strange, frightening, these are the words defining the Inauguration […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves Missing Obama, Wondering What’s Next Barack Obama and his family leaving the White House, to be replaced with Donald, Melania, Ivanka and Jared, is like watching a sunny day turn into a dark and stormy night. Because whatever you think of his policies, the adjectives keep coming about the President’s […]readmore
Happy New Year? This has not been the most joyous holiday season, and certainly cries of “Happy New Year” will feel hollow and forced with the specter of Donald Trump becoming President of the United States on January 20. In the early days after November 8th there was hope that things weren’t going to be […]readmore