As a teenager, Brandon Bernard fell in with the wrong crowd, and at 18, he was an accomplice in the murder of two youth ministers, Todd and Stacey Bagley, setting fire to their car and possibly killing Stacey. Brandon’s age made him eligible for the death penalty, and he remained in a 6-by-8 foot cell on death row for 23 years, praying, crocheting, and playing … Continue reading The Case for Prison Abolition
Before he retired, my uncle John Cogdill worked as a foreign service officer at US embassies. “I was what’s called a criminal investigator. Sort of like an FBI agent-but for the Foreign aid program,” he tells me over zoom call from his house in Bethesda, Maryland. “And so we had to find out if people were trying to steal our money by bribing people to … Continue reading My Uncle’s Experiences as a Foreign Service Officer Overseas
I believe Tara Reade not on the basis of convenience, or because I am a Bernie supporter, but because I am a survivor. What I have seen come from the Democrats the last four years, and especially in the last two years, has helped me make a very important decision. I will never again support a Democrat for any form of public office, no matter … Continue reading Tara Reade Debacle Shows the Immorality of the Democratic Party
Who is Howie Hawkins? I first learned about Howie Hawkins in November of 2019, while an ardent supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders. I had found a candidate in Howie that I could support if Sanders lost the nomination. Howie Hawkins is one of the founders of the Green Party of the United States, and has run for office in New York before deciding to run … Continue reading Capitalism, COVID-19, Green Party, and the Left: A Conversation With Howie Hawkins
by Aidan F. January 29, 2020 The Democratic Primary is a joke, worse than the 2016 Republican Primary. Why might I say that? It all has to do with Bernie Sanders receiving some very important endorsements. Earlier in January, Bernie Sanders received the coveted Sunrise Movement endorsement, from a youth climate change organization that was inspired by Bernie Sanders’ 2016 Presidential Campaign. The endorsement was … Continue reading Why is the DNC against Bernie?
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