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Washington’s Absurd Degrees of War
© Josh Sager – October 2014 The United States has been in a state of near-perpetual military conflict for decades, and not just in the declared wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently, we are bombing...
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Indiana Passes Law Protecting Business’ “Right” to Discriminate Based on...
© Josh Sager – March 2015 On Thursday, Governor Pence of Indiana signed SB 568 (also called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Amendment), which gives legal protections to any business that wants to...
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Teen Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement for Years Without a Trial Kills Himself
© Josh Sager – June 2015 Last week, Kalief Browder joined the list of victims of police abuse to have died due to unjust persecution and bias in our justice system. Unfortunately, you are unlikely to...
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Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery...
© Josh Sager – June 2015 Last week, several states—including South Carolina, Virginia and Alabama—removed the Confederate flag from their public buildings and are signaling their intentions to abandon...
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Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points: Part #1
This article is the most recent entry in my “Debunking Right Wing Talking Points” series. In it, I will identify the most popular types of argument that are used against abortion or to justify...
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Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points: Part #2
This article is the second part of my “Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points” article–you can read the first part at the following link:...
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Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing...
© Josh Sager – August 2015 Apparently, the US government is not done making an example of whistleblower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning. Today, Manning’s lawyers revealed that their client is facing...
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The Hidden Re-Segregation of American Schools
© Josh Sager – August 2015 According to most American history books, the fight over segregation in the United States was a long, brutal, struggle, but it was one that the civil rights activists won...
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DOD Manual Declares that Military Officers have Power to Detain Journalists...
© Josh Sager – August 2015 According to the recently released edition of the Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual (which governs the conduct of all five branches of our military), journalists may...
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Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points: Part #5
This is part #5 of my Refuting Anti-Abortion Talking Points series. For the previous three parts you can follow the following links: Part #1, Part #2, Part#3, Part#4 “Abortion providers like Planned...
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Kim Davis Illustrates an Ideology of Entitlement and False-Victimhood that...
© Josh Sager – September 2015 For last couple weeks, people have been discussing the actions of Kim Davis, a clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky, who is refusing to issue marriage licenses for gay...
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NYPD Commits Black Woman to Mental Hospital after Illegal Traffic Stop
© Josh Sager – September 2015 Occasionally, I come across an article that is so absurd, unjust, and insane that I do a double take and think that there is no way that the story is accurate (unless it...
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CNN’s GOP Debate Nightmare: Xenophobia, Voodoo Economics, and Ignorance on...
© Josh Sager – September 2015 The 2nd GOP primary debate (link to transcript) was unbelievable painful to watch for anybody with even a passing knowledge of politics or current events. It was a...
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Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison...
(c) Don Gomez – September 2015 This is a guest post by Don Gomez, a progressive political writer who will be starting his own blog in the near future. Renowned author and journalist Fyodor Dostoevsky...
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Alabama Shuts Down DMVs in Majority-Black Counties, Keeps Voter ID Laws
Josh Sager and Devyn Keith – October 2015 Alabama has a long and unfortunate record on civil and voting rights. It was the epicenter of some of the most vicious racism in the history of our nation (ex....
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Donald Trump Pushes Fascism, GOP Cheers
Josh Sager – December 2015 © Free to print, distribute, or quote, with attribution Yesterday, the Donald Trump campaign announced that Trump supports banning all Muslim travel into the United States....
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The 5th GOP Debate: Mindless Brutality, Calls to Commit War Crimes, and...
© Josh Sager – December 2016 Yesterday, the Republican Party had its 5th debate (link to transcript) of the 2016 primary season and it was excruciating the watch. The entire debate was an exercise in...
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The Progressive Case for Free Speech and Opposing “Social Justice” Censorship
© Josh Sager – January 2016 During the 20th Century, the progressive left was the driving force behind the free speech movement. Progressive social justice activists like Mario Savio pushed civil...
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The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #1
© Josh Sager – January 2016 I support Bernie Sanders for president and will not only vote for him on Election Day, but will do everything in my power to help him win the Democratic nomination and...
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The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #3
This article picks up where part #1 left off. If you have not read the first part, please follow this link to read it first:...
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