Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ What we find strange has much to do with how we are positioned and the viewing perspective we have from that position. For example, women offended b... Read more
Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act. [...]
A characteristic move of the court led by Chief Justice Roberts is to go big only after an initial encounter, as it did in the Citizens United campaign finance case. [...]
The president’s call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected. [...]
While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide. [...]
