Kathryn is a freelance writer covering politics, civics, and agriculture.
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On September 11th, the US remembers its fallen citizens, murdered in the worst terrorist attack since the Oklahoma City bombing. In unison, they #neverforget the 3,000 people who were murdered that day. But, people have forgotten so much -- or have never known -- 16 years later, how 9/
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Unemployment in the US has been under 6% since 2015. In 2017, it hit its lowest in 16 years, 4.2%, close to full employment. People are not feeling it in their paychecks, however. Wage growth is "out of whack," according to Mitchell Hartman of Market Place Media,
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Remorse of a Troubled Youth In 1971, at 19, William Powell wrote The Anarchist Cookbook. The book has been found at bombings, and school shootings, ever since. It is hard to believe that the author of this infamous book left the country almost immediately afterward, to be a school teacher.
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The Libertarian Party wants to be clear: they reject white supremacy, bigotry, and racism. Racists, White Nationalists Asked to Leave the Party In a press release on August 15, 2017, in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the LP's executive director Wes Benedict reiterated the
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The Republican Party needs to be saved, according to a handful of budding politicians in New Jersey, who label themselves FIRE Republicans. They aim to pull the party away from entrenched candidates and extremism, and back to the people's party of Lincoln and Roosevelt. "If a house
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New Jersey's 2017 gubernatorial race is a battleground for independent and third party candidates who feel the election system is rigged against them, and toward Republicans and Democrats. Greens, Libertarians, and disenfranchised progressives are railing against a system they say locks them out and suppresses their voices in
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Greens will have a chance to win the New Jersey governorship in November. Ohio will have the same opportunity to vote in a Green governor in 2018. After a high profile 2016 presidential campaign, running candidates for governor over the next two years might keep momentum going for the Green
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On July 18, 2017, New Hampshire became the last of the New England states to decriminalize recreational marijuana. The new law, HB 640, had bipartisan sponsorship and bipartisan support. It will take effect in 60 days. However, the law seems to be confusing, and though it is a baby step
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New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is in crisis. It needs $17 billion to update public housing that has fallen into disrepair. New York City is home of the US's largest public housing population, with 650,000 residents. Federal funding for NYCHA, and low-income housing across the country,
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Liberals in America have been dealt some heavy blows in the past few decades. The impeachment of Bill Clinton, losing the 2000 election by a Supreme Court verdict, the Tea Party, partisan gerrymandering, and Russian interference in the 2016 election. Largely, liberals have maintained a quiet humility. In the words
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Individuals from several parties are joining together to challenge corruption in Pennsylvania's poorest District -- Philadelphia's district #197. A History of Corruption Democrats have ruled Philadelphia's district #197 (which is largely comprised of West Kensington) for decades. The last two Democratic State Representatives, Leslie
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Can the resistance movement have a positive impact on the Trump presidency? Might there be blowback? I asked 2016 independent presidential candidate, organizational psychologist, and author, Lynn S. Kahn, what the pros and cons are of discouraging versus encouraging Trump's administration. Kahn has authored three books on transforming