Nancy Smith — a Mississippi mom — arrested for faking an address to get Tennessee health insurance for her 3 kids

Effin’ health insurance. The war on Black and poor folks continues. Assuming you’re not a sociopath, you have to ask what kind of moral society allows the rich and powerful to fail up the ladder to success — and stack more ill-gotten riches from their clout — while the poor get the entire book of […]

The Las Vegas Route 91 Shootings Show Many Things Wrong With America Right Now

The dead and wounded bodies in Las Vegas as a result of Stephen Paddock’s shooting rampage at the Route 91 Harvest Festival show there are so many things wrong in America today. Like Paddock had the right to buy nearly two dozen guns, no questions asked, to kill 59 people and wound about 540 more […]

Healthcare Debate: Your Crazy Uncle’s Huge Theater Production

America’s partisan debate about healthcare reform is like a couple who lives together and has a recurring argument about what to do with a crazy uncle who lives with them. Crazy Uncle has a habit of robbing — and sometimes harming — people in the couple’s neighborhood. One of the partners suggests addressing the problem by […]