My Kansas City neighborhood is privatizing the sidewalks to curb gun violence. It’s a bad idea.
I live in the neighborhood of Westport in Kansas City, Missouri. Westport has experienced a massive spike in violent crime over the last year: between January and October 2017, thereContinue Reading
Leadership in the Michigan state legislature is bought and sold
Through campaign finance instruments called “leadership committees,” lawmakers in Lansing are buying their positions in the legislature — and selling their political sovereignty in the process. A confluence of looseContinue Reading
Democrats polling ahead in 2018 Kansas Congressional race
In the wake of Conor Lamb’s victory in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, Kansas is looking more likely that it may turn blue. Paul Davis, former Kansas House minority leader isContinue Reading
Bending Toward Justice: Some states will do anything to overturn Roe v. Wade
This is the second article of a week-long series looking at the legal and political landscape around abortion rights, on the 45th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision RoeContinue Reading
It’s Time To Primary DINOs
If Democrats want to be the future of Texas, then Democrats need to represent the values of our rising generations. Now, Democrats love a big tent. But Senator Eddie LucioContinue Reading
What You Need to Know About Next Week’s Obamacare Deadline
December 15 (as in next Monday) is the last day to enroll in health care coverage that begins on January 1, 2015, through the federal health care marketplace. Though AffordableContinue Reading
New principal eager to get going at Shen
Shendehowa’s new high school principal is bringing fresh set of eyes, but also a willingness to let kids be kids. Ron Agostinoni, who currently resides in the Town of Bethlehem,Continue Reading
Morelli intent on spreading message of unity
On Saturday, crowds filed into Shenendehowa’s High School West for SHENsational, a celebration of diversity implemented by Superintendent L. Oliver Robinson a few years ago. The event recognizes and encouragesContinue Reading
Dinosaurs rule world in latest ‘Jurassic’ incarnation
“Dinosaurs and man. Two species separated by 65 million years of evolution. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?” — Dr. Alan Grant, “Jurassic Park” It’s prettyContinue Reading
Gray seal reaches safe waters after Waterford rescue
The gray seal that spent the summer in a lock of the Champlain Canal in Waterford has swum over 218 miles in the weeks since its December 4 rescue.The seal,Continue Reading