Jamala Rogers

The public sector is comprised of those jobs that are mainly paid by our tax dollars – teachers, firefighters, police, government workers, etc. It may seem bizarre that these folks, who are almost never are paid what they’re worth, are the target of the GOP and other right-wing forces. The plan of attack is public,…

“Dear Western Governments. You have been supporting the regime that was oppressing us for 30 years. Please don’t get involved now. We don’t need you.” That was the pointed tweet from Wael Ghonim on February 11, after remarks by President Obama in the heat of the Egyptian people’s unwavering resolve to rid themselves of President…

January 10, 2011 – The massacre in the Safeway parking lot is yet another example of how hate speech assigned to suggestive violent imagery can be explosive. Since the election of the first black president, we have seen the Right ignite this combustible combo again and again for the opportunist purposes of furthering its agenda…

Republicans are about to take over the House and Senate in numbers or in spirit. The GOP, including junior Tea Party legislators, has pledged to give the Obama Administration holy hell and at the same time, make our lives more miserable. Their ultimate goal is to make the wealthy elite richer and to make slave…

Judge Kevin Fine may have to watch his back these days. The Texas Judge had the audacity to hold a historic hearing last week on whether the death penalty is unconstitutional based upon the “disproportionately high risk of wrongful convictions.” Death penalty folks in Texas are madder than a mule chewing on bumblebees! For the…

When it was clear on Election Day that Democrats had lost the House of Representatives, John Boehner took the stage as the Republican House Majority Leader. He wallowed in the GOP victory, claiming that America’s voice had been heard and the message to President Obama is to “change course.” A disillusioned Democratic base could probably…