Category: Politics

The Death of Privacy In America

David Todd McCarty- May 4, 2022

Privacy is foundational to civil rights and the basis for liberty in a free and open society Tuesday, May 3, 2022 The right to privacy ... Read More

America Sits At The Nexus of Fear, Rage, and Despair

David Todd McCarty- May 3, 2022

There is no part of American society that has escaped the terror, fury, and sorrow that has engulfed our daily lives There have been a few ... Read More

Who Was Responsible For Fake News?

ProPublica- March 9, 2022

Using Facebook’s Own Data to Understand the Platform’s Role in Jan. 6 by Brooke Stephenson ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for ... Read More

When Billionaires Don’t Pay Taxes, People “Lose Faith in Democracy”

ProPublica- March 1, 2022

Series: The Secret IRS Files by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big ... Read More

Book Banning Is Only The Tip Of The Spear

David Todd McCarty- February 23, 2022

The radical Right is turning to the levers of local government in their culture war for white Christian supremacy By David Todd McCarty | Tuesday, ... Read More

A Push to Remove LGBTQ Books in One County Could Signal Rising Partisanship on School Boards

ProPublica- February 23, 2022

A Texas county’s refusal to remove two books from the children’s section of the library sparked a yearslong political battle. Now school board races have ... Read More

End Of An Era

David Todd McCarty- November 4, 2021

State Senate President Steve Sweeney Upset By Unknown Truck Driver By David Todd McCarty | Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Senate President Steve Sweeney, the second ... Read More

Death And Taxes: The Right’s Last Stand

David Todd McCarty- April 12, 2021

Within the quasi-religious fervor that is Trump’s Republican Party, the last remaining vestige of ideology centers around the paradox between the sanctity of life, the ... Read More

Rep Jeff Van Drew Calls For Fencing To Be Removed Despite Threats To Capitol

David Todd McCarty- April 2, 2021

Two weeks after the Congressman introduced a bill to remove fencing surrounding the Capitol, a police officer has been killed after a car rammed a ... Read More

Democrats Look To Regain A Foothold in Middle Township With Quanette Vasser-McNeal

David Todd McCarty- March 31, 2021

The Middle Township Committee is controlled by Republicans since losing Michael Clark’s seat in 2019 and maintain a slight edge in registered voters within the ... Read More