Last week, the administration attempted to quietly bury its decision to abandon the Obama-era practice of releasing the White House visitors’ logs, citing national security concerns. This means that thousands of lobbyists, donors and businessmen who come to meet with the President or his senior staff will be kept secret in records that are arguably […]
Month: April 2017
The Dream of Equality Lives: The Revival of the Equal Rights Amendment
The fight for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is seeing a revival across the country. 35 years after Congress’s deadline for ratification passed, advocates for gender equality are gaining momentum in the push for a constitutional protection against discrimination based on sex. A survey conducted last year found that 80 percent of Americans polled thought […]
Special Election in Georgia Brings Hope for Democrats
Opportunity knocks for Democrats as the party’s front-runner candidate Democrat Jon Ossoff leads the race to fill now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s vacant seat in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. While Ossoff’s chances at landing the spot in Atlanta’s rural suburbs were originally thought to be a “long shot,” the former congressional staffer is […]
Why Young People Should Fear a Justice Neil Gorsuch
This is the last chance to have your voice heard on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and I urge you to take advantage of that opportunity right now. Earlier this week, I attended a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of […]
