By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Henry David Thoreau is one of the founding fathers of American activism and civil rights as well as science and environmental writing. Clearly my own life and career are inspired by my own reading of Thoreau. I mean I got rid of most of my worldly possessions about…
By Glynn Wilson – TAKOMA PARK, M.D. — Just north of Washington, D.C., in one of the richest and most liberal neighborhoods in the country, there is no love for President Donald J. Trump. But they do love their country, so they turned out in force on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, to celebrate Independence Day…
By Ken Levy – Many commentators are suggesting that both right and left are equally to blame for all the polarization between them. They’re wrong. The reason for all the bitterness between left and right is entirely the right’s fault. Right-wingers who suggest otherwise are self-deluded – and usually projecting. Exhibit A: Newt Gingrich. On…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mayflower Hotel on Connecticut Avenue has been the scene for a number of historic events and scandals in its history since opening in 1925 during the so-called “Roaring Twenties.” If the people, the press and the special prosecutor were paying attention, it could become the scene of…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – White conservative activists for Trump rallied for “free speech” on the National Mall on Sunday while counter demonstrators held their own rally higher up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in objection to “hate speech,” chanting “no Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.” To observers of all…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Republicans in the United States Senate release their version of a bill to gut the Affordable Care Act and leave millions of Americans without healthcare, there is a sleeper special election Senate race down in my home state of Alabama that could begin to upset the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fascist white nationalist showboat victim Richard Spencer and his gang of alt-right neo-Nazi klan members are coming to Washington on Sunday, June 25, to “educate” us all about the First Amendment right of “free speech” and how it’s under attack — even though they have their favorite Republican…
By James Rhodes – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Victoria Siciliano, communications coordinator for the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, recently hosted a community informational forum at the Civil Rights Institute downtown. The primary purpose of the gathering was to raise awareness regarding the plight of the resident immigrants as well as to showcase their personal stories…
By Kimberely Blackburn – JONESBORO, Ark. – A new program implemented by Arkansas Department of Human Services resulted in cuts of home health care hours for many in the disabled community of the state. Legal Aid of Arkansas won a temporary restraining order on behalf of many who suffered a cut in hours in February.…
Even Members of Congress and Trump Voters and Fans Who Visit Washington – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — When New York celebrity businessman Donald J. Trump took office in January, one of his first acts as president was to immediately sign a symbolic memo calling for a “hiring freeze” on federal employees. The…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — What happens when you have a United States Attorney General who is just as much of a liar as the president, only one who has been in Washington much longer and understands the practice of dissembling in answering questions and claiming a faulty memory?…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump is a liar who can’t be trusted and did not want the FBI director getting to the bottom of the investigation into Russian “meddling” in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, especially vis a vis his “satellite” associates, especially fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While it may seem easy to be lulled into a spring stupor with the fine cool weather in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, it is hard to avoid going into shock with all the strange news coming out of the Trump administration. Around here they…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Are you sick and tired of living in a land of idiocy and mediocrity? What if I told you there is a way to escape it and see excellence rise to the top? The answers are right in front of our faces, like a long pass for…
By Robert Reich – The question is no longer whether there are grounds to impeach Donald Trump. It is when enough Republicans will put their loyalty to America ahead of their loyalty to their party. Trump’s statements last week about his firing of former FBI director James Comey provide ample evidence that Trump engaged in…
By Glynn Wilson – A day after Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced the appointment of a special counsel to handle the investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election, the relationship of President Donald J. Trump’s campaign team to Russia, and perhaps even collusion by the president himself, at least in his financial…
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — A group of United States Senators is demanding an investigation into the role of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey. In a letter to Department of Justice inspector general Michael Horowitz, the Senators say Sessions may have violated his vow…
By Glynn Wilson – In a major breakthrough in the scandal of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, a special counsel has been appointed by the second in command at the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, quelling wide spread calls for an independent investigation. Former FBI Director Robert Mueller accepted…
The president may have obstructed justice in pressuring FBI director to drop Flynn investigation – By Chris Strohm and Steven T. Dennis – Bloomberg News – Donald Trump is facing the deepest crisis of his presidency after contents of a memo written by James Comey when he was FBI director surfaced Tuesday, alleging that the…
