Reading Time: 2 minutes Congratulations! You’ve just slept with a Republican politician. In the afterglow of such an auspicious event, something unexpected may have happened. You’re now pregnant. Uh oh! A lot of thoughts may be running through your head at this time, such as, “Should I keep the baby?” Listen. Are you listening? Look at me. We strongly […]
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Republicans building an ‘army’ to fight alleged voter fraud
Reading Time: 2 minutes In an attempt to combat alleged voter fraud, the Republican Party plans to engage in voter fraud with a twist. Politico reported on this plan in early June, in which it stated there are multiple strategy plans to overturn votes in Michigan Democratic precincts. This plan includes installing trained recruits as poll workers as well […]
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Texas Republicans target investment firms that prioritize climate action
Reading Time: 2 minutes Attempts by Texas Republicans to compel corporations to enforce conservative values have now expanded to include climate initiatives. Earlier this year, Texas state lawmaker Briscoe Cain sent a cease-and-desist letter to corporations that provide funds for their employees to get abortions outside of the state. Now the state wants to target corporations that prioritize climate […]
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Are conservative attacks on teachers changing the future of education?
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new national poll show teachers’ job satisfaction at an all-time low, ith more than half of teachers polled saying they wouldn’t advise their younger selves to take up a career in education. In addition to unprecedented strain from the pandemic, the last few years have been marked with book bans, calls for cameras in […]
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GOP pressures corporations to enforce conservative moral values
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Trump era has had a transformative effect on the Republican Party. Pro-business, small-government Republicans are nearly extinct, replaced with culture warriors demanding that corporations fall in line behind the fearful conservative moral agenda that motivates their shrinking voter base. In the 1980s, Reagan Republicans professed to stand for free trade, low taxes, and the […]
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I would like to wish Republicans a very nice ‘shut-up about children forever’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Senate Republicans interviewing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson can’t suddenly pretend to care about children, can they? Oh, no…no no no…
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Living in a state with a Republican supermajority
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Tuesday, the Republican governor of Missouri, Mike Parson, failed to confirm his choice for director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Perhaps, during a highly politicized pandemic and at a time of intense political polarization, this might seem unsurprising to you. “Of course, the Democrats will try anything to thwart a […]
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Paging Mr. Orwell: How election integrity laws threaten voting rights
Reading Time: 3 minutes For most of American history, laws had forgettable names that described their intentions. A comprehensive survey by Cleveland State law professor Chris Sagers found just three laws prior to 1988 with names that were clever or cute rather than descriptive. Then all acronymic hell broke loose with acts like CAN-SPAM, FACT, HOPE, LIFE, and PREEMIE (Prematurity […]
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Cutting benefits won’t force low wage employees back to work
Reading Time: 2 minutes Throughout the pandemic, there was a push by conservatives to end additional federal benefits for low-wage employees. The federal government provided generous unemployment and other federal benefits during the difficult months of the pandemic when many low-wage employees were let go. For millions of Americans, those additional benefits provided hundreds of dollars per week as […]
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Critical race theory bans are silencing educators
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Republican Party has gone all-in for critical race theory bans. States such as Arizona, Florida, Arkansas, and Iowa have set bans in place, with 14 states passing some form of legislation in 2021. Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia Governor’s race in large part by making race in education a core part of his campaign. […]