I am one of those who believe Chuck Schumer made the right decision. To equate a shutdown now with previous shutdowns is magical thinking.

America just did the unthinkable — siding with Russia to block UN resolutions that condemned the Ukraine invasion.

Those of us who struggle to keep the light alive recognize what matters in our hearts, even when words fail.

Right now, thousands of American farmers are caught in a perfect storm of frozen funds, canceled programs, and uncertain futures.

Every cybersecurity expert I know is seriously freaked out. If the Treasury falls, America’s power falls with it.

In what UMSDERWPFLEPI calls "Democracy Done Right," Idaho lawmakers are racing to protect citizens from their own voting decisions.

The God I know says Do No Harm in thought, speech, or actions. Simple words.

The Poor People's campaign wasn't a GoFundMe, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott wasn't a Twitter hashtag.

Feeling guilty about the third bowl of ice cream? Turn your guilt into a calorie-burning emotion.

Helicopter spotlights sweep the streets at night. Looking for gatherings, looking for resistance, looking for people like me.

Something’s happening to the facility. Reality is getting thin here, like tissue paper held up to harsh fluorescent truth.

In 1886, J.C. Bancroft Davis, doing what we would now call data entry, wrote that corporations were "persons" under the 14th Amendment.

They didn’t come for my sheep. They came for her. The white wolf. I felt her spirit leave. She went home. With her wolves. Her family.

But they weren't listening. As the cuffs went on, I saw the neighbors gathered around.

What is it about our culture that makes us feel so inadequate? As women.

In the annals of evolutionary success, one species stands as a paragon of unwavering commitment to the Playtitudes — the domestic dog.

The “liberal” networks, entranced by their own ratings, became unwitting amplifiers of the very chaos they claimed to deplore.

They’re simple because hunger is simple, and profound because feeding another being is profound.

Each deportation cuts a channel through our community, like water carving through unprotected soil.

We’ve survived worse than this. We’ve faced bigger threats than this. Every time, enough people stood up and did the necessary things.

At the heart of Metropolis is a deeply human story, one foreshadowing the times we live in.

Started about a mile from here as the crow flies and I was fortunate there was a ridge and a river between me and it. Ready, set, go.

The plutocracy offers to buy everyone a round, but only if they sign over their homes as collateral.

As soon as I turned the key, Sally roared to life with a growl. Before I could react, she lurched forward—knocking me clean off.