Ending months of speculation, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced today she will not run for governor of California, leaving the gubernatorial race wide open and immediately fueling speculation about […]
Tag: President Joe Biden
Posted inGovernment, National
WNBA Star Brittney Griner released from Russian prison
Brittney Griner, 32, a major star in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), has been released from a Russian prison after months of incarceration. She has been detained in Russia […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National, Opinion
Election reflections: Ignore the pollsters, challenge the Democrats
To let the pollsters tell it, Democrats were going to get a “drubbing” or a “shellacking” just like the one President Barack Obama experienced in 2010 when Dems lost 63 […]
Posted inGovernment, National, Opinion, Practical Politics
The Politics of lying, blustering and head-faking the electorate
While we are all quite used to politicians and would-be pols stretching the truth, negatively asking leading questions about opponents, fibbing about an opponent’s real record in or out of […]
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Federal court halts Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness for now
A federal appellate judge on October 21 temporarily blocked the Biden Administration from canceling student debt in response to a lawsuit filed by six conservative states alleging they could be […]
Posted inGovernment, Local, Local Politics
Newsom signs bill outlawing display of known hate symbols
Gov. Gavin Newsom this month signed a bill aimed at cracking down on hate crimes while protecting minority communities in California. Assembly Bill 2282, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orlinda), […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National, Opinion
A step in the right direction
President Joe Biden made a campaign promise to alleviate some student loan debt, and on August 24, he honored his commitment. Some say it is too little. Obstructionists say it […]
Posted inBusiness, Business-OW, Education, Government, National
Canceling student loan debt
Following President Joe Biden’s announcement canceling student loan debt of up to $20,000 for specific borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education said applications for relief under the plan should be […]
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Abortion rights overturned by SCOTUS
Conservatives on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), as expected, formally overturned the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion in a ruling last Friday by its ruling in Dobbs […]
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If White supremacy is poison, Ethnic Studies is the antidote
By Julianne Malveaux oped contributor President Joe Biden was uncharacteristically, but appropriately, angry and firm when he described White supremacy as “poison.” He spoke from Buffalo days after a putrid […]
