Evidently the New York Bd. of Elections F****d Up
So, as a little background, a school organization I work with conducted a voter registration drive several weeks back, here in Brooklyn. We signed up a ton of new voters - some other law students, and...
View ArticleThe Right Doesn't Know Their History
(Posted originally on Facebook)The other day, I, like many other people, learned of the tragic shooting at the Holocaust Museum by self-identified Neo-Nazi James Von Brunn. It was yet another example...
View ArticleTime to Indict Gov. Mary Fallin
An open letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, the U.S. Department of Justice, and President Barack Obama:To Whom It May Concern:On the night of Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Clayton Lockett died in...
View ArticleA Rethinking of the Crisis in Gaza, Israel and Palestine. And Maybe Some Hope.
Recently, Noam Chomsky wrote a very interesting article in The Nation (can I just say, that is the most stereotypical progressive sentence ever written). In one fell swoop, he managed to piss off a...
View ArticleSupporting Palestinians Must Go Hand-in-Hand with Combating Anti-Semitism
As much as many may try to ignore it, the cause of justice and liberation for the Palestinian people is inextricably intertwined with the fight against anti-Semitism and justice and liberation for Jews...
View ArticleThe Massacre at Oak Creek: Two Years Later
On the morning of August 5, 2012, the Sikh American community in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, headed to gurdawara, their temple, to pray, as they had done so many other Sundays,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Joe Strummer – We Really Miss You Right Now
Yesterday, August 21, we celebrated the birthday of a legend. More than just a rock star. A poet, a prophet, the voice of the people. The leader of the Only Band That Mattered – the almighty Clash....
View ArticleNY Gov Race - Whither the Working Families Party?
In case you haven’t noticed, the New York Gubernatorial primary is right around the corner (yes, this coming Tuesday, September 9), and it looks to be a very interesting contest, as Zephyr Teachout, a...
View ArticleOn Ray Rice, criminal justice, and accountability
With all of this talk about incarcerating Ray Rice, I think we're missing the point on a lot of things:1. By focusing just on Rice, we're forgetting the even bigger issue of how society fosters this...
View ArticleBernie, Progressives, and Race – An Open Letter
My fellow progressives, particularly those of you who (like me) are supporters of Bernie Sanders and his campaign for the Presidency – it’s time for some real talk. Since the #BlackLivesMatter...
View ArticleLessons from 1968 - in 2016
I apologize for the length of this piece, but I wanted to include all of the necessary background information on what I think is an interesting and somewhat worrisome parallel between the elections of...
View ArticleThe Armalite, the Ballot Box, and America
During the days known in and around Northern Ireland as “The Troubles,” particularly during the 1980s and early 1990s, Sinn Fein (the left-wing, predominantly Catholic party in support of Irish...
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