Jamala Rogers

The proliferating industry feels safe from scrutiny or prosecution. The few laws on the books are weak and rarely enforced.

Constituents urged Democratic lawmakers to stay firm on their demands during the government shutdown. Many were willing to endure hardships for the greater good, leading to the longest shutdown in history.

While we’re struggling for basic survival, the MAGA movement is fueling a battle that pits us against the branches of government and deepens the historic fault lines among us.

Black workers have always caught more hell on the job than other workers.

We who believe in freedom cannot afford to go down alleys and side streets in our struggle for civil and human rights; we must stay on the main road.

The number of guns exceeds the population in the U.S, and so it comes as no surprise that the country has the highest number of school shootings in the world or that guns are the leading cause of death among our children and adolescents.

The constitution is being shredded, the public coffers are being raided, and the rule of law is being trampled. There can be no fair fight under these circumstances.

This is not the first regime in history to consolidate state power, to silence the media, to dismantle internal checks on abuse of power, to legitimize the criminalization of sectors of society, to expand the police state and target dissidents.

They all have learned the art of looking into the television camera and telling a bold-face lie. They can tell another lie that contradicts the previous lie without blinking an eye.