extremism

After having been married off to a man more than three times her age, who would beat her into submission and forced her to have sex, 10-year-old Nujood Ali traveled to court and told the Yemeni jurist, "I came to get a divorce." News reporters packed the courtroom on June to hear the judge verbally condemn the husband.  Read More »

Dave Neiwert at Orincus writes about the policies, ideals, and history of the right and our abused soldiers. Lets hope that our politicians treat our veterans with the care and respect they deserve - including counseling, good medical care, and helping them rejoin society.

The far right, by appealing to people’s baser instincts and especially their fears, has a long history of encouraging working-class people to reject progressive values on purely visceral cultural grounds.  Read More »