We are once again sharing these words and music by Melvin Myles in honor of Juneteenth. All of us at DemCast USA are overjoyed that Juneteenth is now a national
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When Dylann Roof (who violently murdered nine in Charleston, South Carolina) and James Holmes (who violently murdered 12 in Aurora, Colorado) were killed by police, I felt devastated and heartbroken.
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This blog post started out as a 10-minute video. What follows is an edited transcript. You can see the video here. Before I talk about Susan B. Anthony, I want
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Great news, Florida! I’ve concluded we don’t have a democracy problem. Unless you have been living under a rock, you might have noticed a heightened sense of apprehension over the
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From a seriously exhausted and flabbergasted liberal who voted for you… Dear Senator Sinema, Let me get straight to the point and tell you — without offense — that it
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I have felt like crying all day. The news that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) seems so entrenched in his position that he will not support the sweeping election reform bill
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Have you ever stopped and thought about the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people“? When the person who ended enslavement (freedom is internal, liberty is
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“You’re not a member of a minority group in America — you’re white.” “You should let others take the lead in the fight against white supremacy — their pain is
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This was a pretty interesting week at DemCast, ranged from a “family” feud to advocating for ending the filibuster. Last week, DemCast writers shared some great articles! Forward Kentucky wrote
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This week @ShuriResists tells the story of the week’s news with her powerful images. Please enjoy and share our weekly feature The Week That Was. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We
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DemCast USA has joined with over 100 organizations, including Fix Our Senate, Indivisible, Battle Born Collective, Common Cause, People for the American Way, Stand Up America, and Working Families Party
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In the coming weeks, the House of Representatives will face an important vote on rolling back a Trump-era regulation that would let predatory lenders, in cahoots with Wall Street, evade
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After writing about the need to view trump and his party of flying monkeys through a psychological lens, I was inspired to re-watch “The Wizard of Oz.” I wanted to
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The attention started coming when I was very young. Then again, when your custodial parents partially raise you in a tavern, as a child you hang around a lot of
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By Marshall Ward About the only place Republicans can gather these days without breaking into a family feud is at the White House, where President Joe Biden has been hosting
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It’s hard to understand how any legislator who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 could vote against an investigation of the events of that day, but Republicans consistently put
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The most recent performative outrage from white conservatives in the United States is declaring that the use of critical race theory to teach American history will make students hate America. Critical
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Not since the 1960s has the United States been as racially charged as it is today. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has forced Americans to confront centuries
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We do still talk about him, the Former Guy, those of us who hated his presidency and feared that to which it portended. The more hushed tones are neither harsh
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We have a gun violence problem in America. That’s not pleasant, but it’s a fact. And the best way to tackle it is common sense gun reform. In 2019, the
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In a recent opinion column, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-07) again tells half-truths to try to convince his constituents that anything that President Joe Biden does is disastrous. A bit of
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Virginia Del. John McGuire (R, HD-56) is up for reelection this year. First elected in 2017, the fitness trainer is a former Navy SEAL — something he trades on at
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Editor’s Note: David Weissman started this petition to Representative Kevin McCarthy on May 23, and in a little over 24 hours had gathered almost 49,000 signatures. Kevin McCarthy, As a
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Senator, I get it. You want to do the right thing. Maybe you want to protect democracy. It’s honorable that you’re looking to restore bipartisanship to the Senate. Or perhaps
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Notes from Bruce Hello! This is our second article summary sent to all our email subscribers. It’s got a list of all the stories post in the last few weeks.
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What a week at DemCast… Systematic racism is real! Hank Cetola, who recently explored his own white privilege, exposes two congressmembers who claim that it doesn’t exist at all. In
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This week’s featured artist is Julie Frontera who created images about what happened in Washington, DC and the world over the past week. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We have made
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This week has been a very tough one for me given everything that’s going on between Israel and Gaza. The most important lesson that I’ve learned during my journey was
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In the second of a two-part series, we look at the popular grassroots volunteer activity of writing postcards to voters to understand its role, use, and impact. Please click here
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When it comes to the Republican Party, trump opened up a Pandora’s box in American politics. His behavior ultimately triggered an insurrection by his supporters, designed to overturn his presidential
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One meal certainly is not an offense worthy of being removed from office as opposed to, for instance, inciting an insurrection. People who signed petitions to recall California Governor Gavin
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Recently Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7) both stated that systemic racism does not exist in our country. On April 25, Chris Wallace of Fox News asked
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How can we explain the party of Lincoln turning their souls over to a cult of liars? When Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from Republican leadership because she refused to
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This week we feature the work of ShuriReisists. She has created these graphics inspired by the news of the week including recent happenings in the Capitol. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit.
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Canceling student loan debt through executive action may be one of the biggest decisions of Joe Biden’s presidency. Canceling tens of thousands of dollars in debt would not only help
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In the first of this two-part series, we look at the popular grassroots volunteer activity of writing postcards to voters to understand its role, use, and impact. There’s a new
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Watch out folks! Last month, in a new wave of antidemocratic legislation, the governor of Florida signed into law a bill that “grants civil immunity to people who decide to
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It’s been three years since I registered as a Democrat after learning the truth about liberal values and the Democrats who fight for them. I don’t agree with what my
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You may have seen that Rep. Liz Cheney is reportedly being ousted from her party leadership role for refusing to endorse former President Trump’s outright lies about election fraud. Kevin
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This week we published a lot of the-opposite-of-uplifting stories. Not that they were depressing but let’s just say, our country has some serious issues. There’s the so-insane-you-want-to-laugh-but-it’s-real recount in Arizona
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This week we feature the work of DemCast’s awesome Graphics Manager Julie Frontera. Julie is currently awaiting the arrival of her first granddaughter. She decided to create some images of
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THE SHELBY COUNTY DA’s OFFICE APPEARS TO HAVE DIFFERING TRADITIONS OF BEHAVIOR FOR BLACK DEFENDANTS AND WHITE DEFENDANTS WHEN IT COMES TO WITHHOLDING TRIAL EVIDENCE. Read the first article in
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The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the tragic murder of George Floyd is just the beginning of arriving at justice for our Black citizens. Perhaps this outcome has finally awakened
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In the first part of the article, the author explains the psychological underpinnings of the cult of trump, identifies trump as a pathological narcissist, and explains the lower case T
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This the first of a two-part article. Read the second part of “Narcissism Is Trumpism” right here on DemCast. America is still at a crossroads. While trump’s defeat in 2020
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Sir, I am writing to you as an ally of women. Regardless of politics, I believe that Twitter needs to update its Terms of Service to suspend any account, verified
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Hello friends, When we held our allyship training in March with MaineTransNet, we learned about several anti-trans bills Maine legislators were planning to introduce this year. Those bills have a public hearing at 9
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Murder Trial Evidence That Suspiciously Disappeared 15 Years Ago, Resurfaced Anonymously Following George Floyd Event A White judge chastised and scoffed at a Black defendant who uncovered suspicious actions by
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According to the National Fair Housing Alliance, over four million instances of housing discrimination occur each year. Although the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made housing discrimination on the basis
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Fighting for voting rights is at the very top of the list of critical battles we must win between now and the 2022 midterms. According to the Brennan Center for
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“Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden
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Those of us who focus on immigration are pleased with some of the positive trends we’ve seen recently from the Biden administration response, not just cleaning up the previous administration’s
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“Today voting rights are under attack nationally by state legislators introducing and passing laws to put up barriers to our participation in elections. Americans are coming together to fight back.
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One hundred days. We spent part of last week looking at what the Biden-Harris administration has accomplished in that short time. In “100 Days of Sanity”. Content Director Mindy Schwartz
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This week is all about the #100DaysOfBiden. As it should be. This week alone Biden’s administration hit several milestones; Trump’s military-funded border wall projects have been canceled, American household income
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On the third day of the Biden presidency I wrote an op-ed for DemCast USA titled “Day 3 and Doesn’t Normal Feel Good?” Ninety seven days later, President Joe Biden
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Some content may contain graphic images: viewer discretion advised. Most police officers must have kids in their lives, right? Hearing the news, day after day after day, you really couldn’t
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This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is here. This article was edited for length and clarity. With the 117th Congress recently passing its 100-day mark, and
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This is a two-part series. Part 2 will be published Wednesday, April 28. With the 117th Congress recently passing its 100-day mark and the Biden administration nearing the same milestone,
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It is still happening and it is getting worse. I am speaking about mass shooting incidents. The Gun Violence Archive defines mass shootings as having “a minimum of four victims
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Last week a jury of his peers declared Derek Chauvin “Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.” And at the same time, the breath in another Black body — a teenage girl in Ohio
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When: Monday, April 26 at 12:00 pm HST andevery other Monday thru 2022Please join Ray Markey, one of our active members, and the rest of us concerned citizens at Indivisible Hawaii. Join us
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Once again we asked a member of our awesome DemCast graphics team to tell the story of the last week in images. This time we feature the work of Joanne
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I watched most of the Derek Chauvin trial, as I am sure many in this country may have done, or at least seen snippets as they watched their preferred evening
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DemCast is proud to be a supporter of the Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act which will be introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The provisions of this bill, which will
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President Biden should state his continued commitment to transforming our democracy and passing the For the People Act in this year’s joint address to Congress. Every year, the State of
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Another Earth Day is upon us and headlines are ablaze with projections for climbing temperatures, rising seas, increasing wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters along with urgent calls to action.
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Today my seventh grade twins went back to school for the first time in over a year. We live in California, which sits at the bottom of our 50 states
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Some content may contain graphic images: viewer discretion advised. “I can’t breathe.” These words echo from body cam and onlooker videos, witness reports and courtroom testimony. As you look through
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Dear Jaime Harrison, First off, I would like to thank you for our exchange on Twitter showing that you care about the voices that do not belong to the Democratic
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Last week the nation was again focused on the Chauvin trial as additional instances of Black and Brown people dying at the hands of police came to light. DemCast’s Danielle
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Another week of gun violence and police assaults on Black and Brown bodies. At DemCast, the graphics team’s thread gathering images around police brutality and gun control is blowing up.
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On average, 45,000 people were forcibly held in ICE detention every day in 2019. Almost 2,000 children were stolen from their parents between April and May 2018. LGBTQ immigrants are
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Unaccompanied minors, mostly adolescents, keep arriving at the southern border as news spreads among the desperate and “tempest-tossed” in Central America that the United States will not abandon or refuse
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Georgia enacts, and other red states consider, new election laws that facilitate a Trump-like attempt to overturn results. Republicans have identified two problems with the 2020 election, problems they’re trying
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Remember after Trump’s second impeachment trial, Sen. Mitch McConnell concluded that, “There’s no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of
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Every immigrant comes to America with one thing in common: courage. The courage it takes to sacrifice and make this journey — to a nation that is more than a
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Words like “crisis” and “surge” make for great headlines, especially when talking about immigration at the U.S. border and searching for something scandalous to pin on a new presidential administration.
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Our country is a representative democracy. Most people recognize that in a democracy the voice of the majority rules. However, in the U.S. Senate today this fundamental concept is missing.
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This is democracy in reverse, where politicians have decided that instead of the voters picking their representatives, the representatives have a right to cherry-pick their voters. It’s un-American. It’s anti-democratic.
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While here at DemCast USA we were working hard to bring you informative articles about the For the People Act, there were other events happening in the world. Every Saturday
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Show support for our Asian American sisters and brothers at Memorial Parkthis Saturday from 4-6PM. Mask up and Show up! Balloting for School Name ChangeApril 26-30, May 3-7If you live
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This is the final article in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s
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By Bruce Hartford, April 2021 One of the great achievements of the long civil rights movement was establishing a broad consensus that racism is evil. Trumpism is trying to roll
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This is the fourth in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Election security and integrity is not something you can
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This is the third in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Nothing seems to tame the power of money in
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This is the second in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Make no mistake, this is democracy in reverse. Rather
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This is the first in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Let each citizen remember at the moment he is
MoreBefore we focus on the articles we published in DemCastUSA last week, we want to call your attention to this fantastic series from EveryDistrict. The 2040 Project focuses on how
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Our graphics team was busy this week focusing on supporting the democracy-boosting, dark money-busting For the People Act. And when not doing that, we were watching the trial of George
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The Biden Immigration Bill is not the law yet, but here are some highlights from the 66-page summary. Lawful Prospective Immigrant (LPI) Status The bill will create a new “lawful
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DemCast USA has joined with Common Cause and other progressive organizations in calling on the Senate to quickly confirm President Biden’s three nominees to the USPS Board of Governors. Only
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At the beginning of this year, Political Charge readers told me in our annual survey that their top two priorities this year were protecting voting rights and our democracy. The
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I am seeing a welcome attention on the portions of SB 202 related to suspension and takeover of county superintendents. Let’s take a deeper dive into what exactly a county
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Events this week show the urgent need to continue on Biden’s path of building back better. Another mass shooting. Georgia’s elected leaders going full Jim Crow 2.0. Full GOP hypocrisy
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On March 24, 2018, more than a million people peacefully protested for sensible gun laws to end our seemingly never-ending gun violence. They gathered for the March for Our Lives
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Sometimes, after a Zoom meeting like I had today, I feel ill at the thought of how much more difficult life would be if Trump had won in 2020. It
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As I have said before, the demographics of our country are changing, and the change is tilting toward a greater number of Democratic or Democratic-leaning voters. According to the Gallup
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Just one blade of grass One small voice preaching for change To spark a movement What do you do when you’re a California kid and a pandemic is keeping you
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My husband Daniel and I were born in the same year to Cuban parents. But the stories of our childhoods are very different. My parents were upper-middle class from Havana
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March Madness started this week in a bubble made up of quarantined players, empty arenas and Covid testing. It’s an example of how we are slowly moving towards normal, but
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On Saturdays we ask our awesome DemCast Graphics Team to use images to tell the stories of the last week. As usual, this week combined tragedy and hope. Our featured
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How do we make sense of the seemingly senseless murders of six Asian women and the spate of anti-Asian violence amid the pandemic? By learning about dehumanization and its role
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Journalist Ben Kesling said this: I’ll add that Finland (which declared independence from Russia in 1917) knows a thing or two about fighting Russian disinformation campaigns and successfully resisting them.
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. I’m sure you’re excited about President Biden signing the American Rescue Plan (the COVID-19 relief bill) into law last week, but there are some exciting provisions in the bill
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Mindy the Vaccinated It was just a year ago, but it seems like another lifetime. My husband and I were starting a 10-day vacation that included a few days tasting
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President Biden, I am writing to you as a veteran asking you to pardon fellow patriot Reality Winner. Being a whistleblower is one of the hardest things a patriot has
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Elections, they say, have consequences. If this is true, then the Nov. 3, 2020, choice of Joe Biden over Donald Trump and the Jan. 5 Georgia Senate run-offs that ushered
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Last week the American Rescue Act was passed and signed into law. President Biden also announced that by May 1 every American adult should be able to get one of
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This week’s graphics come courtesy of J & J. Not the vaccine makers — the fabulous and talented Julie Frontera and Joanne Streeck. But just like Johnson & Johnson, they
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In the wake of the January 6 insurrection, the Southern Poverty Law Center put out a three-part report about anti-government extremism, studying how specific elements like the pandemic, election disinformation,
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In the wake of the January 6th insurrection, the Southern Poverty Law Center put out a three-part report about anti-government extremism, studying how specific elements like the pandemic, election disinformation,
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Congresswoman Marcia Fudge Confirmed as Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentToday the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Congresswoman Marcia Fudge as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.Congresswoman
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Republicans can lie about it as much as they want. There was no significant voter or election fraud in the 2020 election. You don’t have to take my word for
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In our representative democracy, officials are elected to represent the citizens of our country and formulate laws and policies. However, the essence of democracy is majority rule. Consequently, our elected
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I’ll start with how and why right-wing extremists outrage their own people. Keeping their own people outraged is a fascist strategy. Yale professor Timothy Snyder calls it sadopopulism. The formula works
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Nan Aron, the founder and president of Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial advocacy group, discusses Trump’s judicial legacy, and how the lifetime appointment of conservative judges will affect everything from voting
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Following the second Trump impeachment trial, there is no question that the former president is guilty of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. While Trump’s actions were
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Calladita te ves más bonita,” me decía mi abuelita. Pero entonces sin fallo, me miraba de reojo y me guiñaba. Pícara pero prudente, en los años 70 cuando primero se
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Every Saturday we feature the powerful images created by one member of our DemCast USA graphics team. There was a lot of news over the past week, a new vaccine,
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We Californians are generally a prideful people. If we were a country, we would rank as the world’s fifth-largest economy. We lead the country in technology and environmental policy. We
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Is the worse yet to come? So far, over 270 people have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. As investigations continue, more insurrectionists
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Two years ago, my son would have been thrilled at the idea of skiing on a random Thursday. Now that he can wrap up his classes in the morning and hit the
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I’d like to offer an apology for something I posted earlier today on social media when I said that the smartest people I know are the ones respecting the science
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Today, the House of Representatives passed HR-1, the For the People Act for a second time. The bill was also passed by the 116th Congress two years ago, only to
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President Joe Biden is actively working to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This follows on the heels of multiple scandals during the Trump administration that included separating families, placing children
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If, like many people in New Jersey and the U.S., your financial situation could use some protection from the current economic circumstances we all face, then there’s a public servant
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DemCast USA has endorsed the Ending Qualified Immunity Act. This bill, introduced by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) will eliminate the unjust and court-invented doctrine of qualified immunity
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Still reeling from the antisemitism boldly on display at the Jan. 6 insurrection (not that you would know it from the news coverage), the Nazi symbolism exhibited this past weekend
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The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is coming up for a vote in the first week of March and it must pass. The full legislative title and purpose of
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Have you been waiting for a quiet week after the election to sit back and recuperate from the stress of the last four years? So have we at DemCast USA,
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This week we are proud to feature the work of Marciebp aka Ollie and share her take on events of the week that was and project her hopes for future
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It was a tale of political corruption at the highest levels of American government. A Republican president left office in disgrace. GOP elected representatives were severely conflicted by their notions
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Despite the excruciating disappointment of the second acquittal of the former president, who else breathed a sigh of relief to finally — at least for now — be spared from
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I can’t believe that as a Republican I spent years taking part in the gaslighting of Democrats. It was only when I left the party that I realized that this
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Every Saturday we celebrate the creativity of one member of our awesome graphics team. This week we feature the work of Cris Palomino, who chose these images to tell the
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I sit looking out onto my snow-covered yard, drinking lukewarm coffee, and trying to unpack this latest crisis to hit the state of Texas. This has been the longest week,
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It’s easy to miss with the impeachment trial commanding most of the headlines these days, but Republicans back in your home state are doing some pretty reprehensible things, too. Here
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been nothing short of controversial since his appointment in June 2020. During the summer, allegations arose that DeJoy, a close ally of former President Donald
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By Catherine Hill On Jan. 6, the United States Capitol building was stormed by an angry mob of small business owners, white collar employees, realtors, military veterans, law enforcement officers, state
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It’s over. The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump ended with an acquittal. The House of Representatives stated in the article of impeachment that “Donald John Trump engaged in high
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Josh Hawley in the balcony with his feet up, flipping through materials related to other matters. Ted Cruz pretending he isn’t listening, in typical melodramatic Ted fashion. Such a deliberate
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The pundits kept telling us that Saturday’s disappointing acquittal was inevitable, but that’s not really true. If just 10 additional Republicans had cared more about our country than they did
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Even though a majority of the U.S. Senate concluded that they have jurisdiction to try a former president, some Republican senators continue to maintain that the Senate lacks that power
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This week Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial opened, so it’s no surprise that DemCast’s featured artist, David Bythewood, has several captivating (and creepy) Trump images to share with you. Read
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We Demand More is a coalition of organizations that have joined together to fight for women, especially Black and Brown women, who are on the front lines of the Covid-19
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Amid the backdrop of ex-President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the Republican Party is putting party interests above the well-being of its people. Last week, both sides at the impeachment trial
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With the second day of the impeachment trial behind us, if you look past the likes of misguided right-wing news, the wide consensus among the media went something like this:
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As the events of Jan. 6 unfolded Americans were stunned by the images on their screens: U.S. Capitol Police officers seemingly in league with the rioters. Heroes did emerge among
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I got married two weeks before Sept. 11, 2001. I was still basking in the glow of the event that morning as I drove to work. I had no idea
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I am a film lover, a lover of black, white and all shades of gray flickering across my TV screen accompanied by the subtle pop and crackle of the soundtrack.
More“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” — Charles Baudelaire The results of the 2020 presidential election were demonstrably freely cast and fairly
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It’s a trial but not really a trial, for a president who’s no longer a president, featuring a political party no longer willing to defend democracy itself. Welcome to governance
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“Officer Brian Sicknick was a hero who died in the line of duty defending our democracy and the citadel of liberty itself. To his family and loved ones, I know
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Members of Congress, I am writing to you as a veteran of the United States Army. I served for 13 years and have been deployed twice to Afghanistan and to
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Merriam Webster defines the word “patriot” as “a person who loves his or her country and is ready to boldly support and defend it.” The dictionary then explains that in
MoreIn the second full week of the Biden-Harris Administration, many of us would be hard pressed to name more than three or four events of national importance because we sometimes
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Double-talk. Denial. Stupidity. This week’s best political cartoons. This week’s top ten political cartoons lampoon Republican double-talk, denial and stupidity. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon” – Saul Alinsky “It is almost impossible
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Once again our Saturday feature spotlights the work of our DemCast graphics team. This week’s featured artist is @ShuriResists who told us, “I believe in fighting for diversity, equality and
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Evil always plans ahead. Evil prepares additional plans to execute on the heels of even perceived failure. Evil does not change nor do evil people. Evil cannot be reasoned with
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Back in 1998, President Bill Clinton faced a Senate trial based on the wide-ranging Kenneth Starr report and two Articles of Impeachment. Article 1 stated that Clinton had “provided perjurious,
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DemCast USA is proud to join with progressive and environmental organizations to sign a letter expressing our support for President Biden’s actions to pause new oil and gas leases. Our
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It is heartening to see our North Dakota state legislators spend their taxpayer-funded time on such important boons to freedom as elimination of seat belt laws for those of us who have
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I will not move on from the insurrection at the White House on Jan. 6. A terror attack that was inspired by Donald Trump and his enablers resulted in the
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Activists Take On Prison Industrial Complex “Regions Bank Of Alabama Turns Its Back On CoreCivic” Morgan Simon’s article in Forbes.com inspired us to explore how strategic activism works. How did community organizers
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Las devastadoras fotos de los niños separados de sus familias en la frontera como parte de la política de “cero tolerancia” de la administración Trump se clavaron en nuestro corazón.
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It was only a little over 12 years ago that the state of Indiana was considered a swing state. Barack Obama’s organizational focus on grassroots efforts had started to pay
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We’ve been so damaged by the last four years that it will take us all a while to believe that 81 million people successfully voted for a return to sanity
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Reminder!Let’s Talk Politics with Ray When: Monday, Feb 1 at 12:00 pm HST and every other Monday thru 2022 Please join Ray Markey, one of
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Prescott Indivisible Elections forOfficers and 3 Members at LargeThurs. Feb. 4, 6pm – 7:30pRegister HERE for both the General Meeting and theCommunity Discussion that follows Per the Prescott Indivisible Guidelines, elections for 2021-2022 are
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This week we once again turn to the incomparable Julie Frontera to tell the story of the past seven days in images: the good, the bad, and the hopeful. Beginning
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On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that we will have enough vaccinations for all adults in the United States to get vaccinated by the end of the summer. That means,
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I’ve been getting a lot of requests to do an explainer on the filibuster, and this seems like a good time to get into it. When the Democrats won control
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“‘Mr. Oswald, have you ever been to Mexico City?’ “… Oswald jumps up like a live wire and slams his manacled fists down on the desktop. ‘No! I’ve never been there!’
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Since the attack on our nation’s Capitol, we have been reminded of how important it is that we protect our democracy and America’s foundational ideals. When I took the oath
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“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” —Traditional rhyme Traditions. They are the things that bind us together over time, create the fabric of society, and mark momentous occasions
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When historians reflect upon the myriad ways that Ronald Reagan set the United States on the path of divisiveness that permeates today’s society, they frequently conclude his two most destructive
MoreThe week began — as it often has over the last four years — with people dreading the next outrage coming from the occupant of the Oval Office. On Monday
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Once again we’ve turned to our talented DemCast artists, led by Julie Frontera, to tell the story of the past week in images. From a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther
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Good morning! For the second day in a row I awoke without fear. I didn’t immediately reach for my phone to see what disaster was created overnight. I wasn’t worried
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Two weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House expressing my belief that President Trump must be impeached. I am now writing to you, Sen. Mitch
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After this poll was released, this question came to me on Twitter: I see two possibilities ahead for the Republican Party. #1: The party hardens as a right-wing white nationalist
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Inauguration Day is here! After four years of fear, anger and embarrassment, it is time to celebrate! Those of us who have spent the Trump years writing letters, sending postcards,
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The Happiest Place on Earth An alarm clock woke me well before dawn on Jan. 20, 2009, as I rested fitfully in a sleeping bag on the carpeted floor of
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Right now, it’s just a few hours until Joe Biden is inaugurated as president of the United States. My to-do list is short: I’m spending today cleaning the house, putting
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Like many of the adults in the United States, my adrenal glands have pretty much checked out this past year from overuse. I’ve felt burnt-out and numb from the sudden
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For too long, Wall Street has bankrolled Trump and his allies while turning a blind eye to their anti-democratic and racist rhetoric and actions. Now, after a mob brandishing symbols
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This past Saturday, the Charleston County Democratic Party was scheduled to host a charity event offering free hand sanitizer refills to anyone who needed them. When volunteers arrived at the
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Friends, I’m so excited to see the historic Inauguration of President Joe Biden this Wednesday. We’ll be joining our friends, the Kansas Democratic Party, in hosting an Inauguration Reception. These
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When I moved to Georgia in 2013, I had no idea that my journey would lead me to become a member of the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by
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It was another banner week for the USA. As we sifted through the fallout from the 1.6.21 Attack, Republicans — many of whom stoked or outright incited the rightwing militants
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Introducing a new feature here at DemCast. Every Saturday we will feature images that sum up the week as our artists, writers and editors experienced it. Our debut graphic, created
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On April 12, 1963, eight Alabama clergymen published an open letter, “A Call for Unity,” in a Birmingham newspaper in response to civil rights protests taking place in the area
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The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attack on our democracy. It highlighted the need for bold reforms. That is why DemCast USA is proud to be
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When it became clear that Trump was contesting votes in areas that were heavily populated by people of color, and that the Republicans were enabling him, I thought, When this
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Here we go. Over the Cliff Notes (name suggested last year by a clever follower on Twitter). The charge: Incitement of Insurrection. Spoiler: This is a slam dunk in the
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I have written before about being Jewish in America. There is no denying that I am white and that my life has known privilege because of my skin color. Even
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It’s one thing to shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue; it’s another thing entirely to slice and dice Republican donors. This realization is apparently lost on Donald Trump, who nevertheless faces
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Americans will forever regard both Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001, as dates, to quote FDR, that “will live in infamy.” Today, however, we the people are faced with
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