Working People are the Losers in the Debt Ceiling Agreement
Published by BlackCommentator.com, June 8, 2023 Your president recently signed the bi-partisan legislation which brought the country’s potential default to a screeching halt. After weeks of political posturing and wretched wrangling over the current $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, Joe Biden held his signing pen up in victory. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy beat his chest […]
Dealing with the Mental Health of the U.S.
Published by BlackCommentator.com, May 25, 2023 May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As the month ends, we can conclude that this country doesn’t take the issue seriously. It has never been healthy, based upon the violent nature of its founding – the theft and pillage of Indigenous land and culture, the enslavement of African peoples, […]
Fight to Control Circuit Attorney’s Office is Not Over
Published by St. Louis American, May 19, 2023 . Kim Gardner’s announcement of her resignation was a communal gut punch to supporters. She then left the office on May 16, 2023, not on June 1 as she first announced. The twice democratically elected circuit attorney had made a brief appearance just days before the announcement […]