Tag: Society of the United States

  • Kentucky Supreme Court Says Charter Schools Are Unconstitutional

    Kentucky Supreme Court Says Charter Schools Are Unconstitutional

    While it is not the first state or court to rule that charter schools are unconstitutional and have no right to public funds, it is refreshing to see constitutional standards being upheld in an era where they are casually ignored by authorities at many levels. On February 19, 2026, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported that, “The […]

  • Florida’s Charter Schools Lower State’s 2024-25 Graduation Rate

    Florida’s Charter Schools Lower State’s 2024-25 Graduation Rate

    While corruption is endemic to the decades-old charter school sector, it is extra rampant in Florida’s charter schools. To add insult to injury, Florida also has the nation’s second highest charter school failure and closure rate. No amount of “school choice” rhetoric in Florida has improved this record. School privatization is notorious for lowering the […]

  • After Trump’s Pardons, Are Far-Right Militias Gearing-Up to Influence the 2026 Midterm Elections?

    After Trump’s Pardons, Are Far-Right Militias Gearing-Up to Influence the 2026 Midterm Elections?

    On September 29, 2020, during the first 2020 presidential debate with the Democratic Party’s candidate Joe Biden, moderator Chris Wallace asked then-President Trump if he would condemn white supremacist and militia groups and tell them to “stand down” amid ongoing violent protests. Trump responded by asking which group to name, and when Joe Biden said […]

  • West Virginia Judge Says Charter Schools Violate State Constitution

    In December 2025, Judge Jennifer Bailey of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in West Virginia ruled that the creation of the state’s charter schools are unconstitutional because they were authorized by the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board (PCSB) instead of being authorized by “the constitutionally mandated consent of a majority of affected county voters.” […]

  • Conditions Are Ripe for a Resistance Counter-Offensive

    It’s been over ten long months that the forces of democracy have been on the defensive, doing our best to withstand the many and various assaults on us on issue after issue, but the tide is turning: -Trump’s polling numbers keep going down, at 36% positive and 60% negative in the latest Gallup Poll; -Four […]

  • Donald Trump, Union Buster

    Although President Donald Trump has claimed that “every policy” of his administration was “designed to lift up the American worker,” he has acted consistently, since returning to office in January 2025, to undermine workers’ chosen representatives, America’s labor unions. The most flagrant Trump action along these lines occurred in March 2025, when he issued an […]

  • As Public Support for ICE Drops, Women’s March WIN Launches Campaign Urging Agents to Walk Away

    As Public Support for ICE Drops, Women’s March WIN Launches Campaign Urging Agents to Walk Away

    As the Trump administration enters its eleventh month pushing aggressive immigration crackdowns, public sentiment appears to be shifting. A new YouGov survey finds growing discomfort with the broad and aggressive methods being employed by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to the poll, a majority (53%) of Americans somewhat or strongly disapprove of […]

  • Terrorists: NOT a Love Story!

    Being a baby boomer who protested against the Vietnam debacle, what the Trump regime is now doing is disgusting. All this week we see Republican Congressional minions and members of the Trump gang standing in front of cameras calling those who peacefully protest as Terrorists. Webster’s dictionary defines a terrorist as ” A person who […]

  • Kirkwashing: Right Sanitizing Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

    Kirkwashing: Right Sanitizing Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

    In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, right-wing politicians, Christian evangelical leaders, podcasters, and conservative media outlets are casting him as a martyr for free speech, for truth, and for Christian values. President Donald Trump called Kirk “a martyr for truth and freedom,” praising him as someone who “fought for liberty, democracy, justice and the […]

  • Trump Down: There is Hope at the Grassroots

    How is Trump doing in the polls? Over the last week and a half, averaging polls done by CBS, NBC, The Economist, Reuters/Ipsos and Quinnipiac, he is doing terribly: an average approval rating of 41.6% and a disapproval rating of 55.4%. He is down 14 points. As significant, however, are the results from the Quinnipiac […]

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