Over the holiday season, I spent time with an uncle in the U.K who is decidedly more right wing than I am. He supported Brexit, and views liberal pc culture as one of the biggest problems in British society. My uncle is a highly intelligent man, a professor, lecturer, and ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 4, 2019
• Opinion

The deaths of 11 mostly elderly Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh this weekend was the culmination of one of the worst weeks I can remember in America.  On top of the bombs sent to major Democrats by a psychopathic supporter of Donald Trump, the massacre of ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Oct 29, 2018

Sadly, the bombs sent to CNN, President Obama and Hillary Clinton should not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the rise of Donald Trump over the past three years. Reported the New York Times today: Explosive devices were sent to former President Barack Obama and ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

As the Mueller probe gets closer and closer to Trump and his inner circle, the president is beginning to see the writing on the wall. If he does not get rid of Mueller, Trump knows that deeply embarrassing information will be revealed about either his finances or his collusion ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

As a born and bred Londoner, this makes me immensely proud. From the Evening Standard:  The Royal Borough of Greenwich has "barred" Donald Trump after councillors called for his visit to the UK to be abandoned. Earlier this week, America's ambassador in London signalled that Mr ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Dec 15, 2017

Just when you thought Donald Trump couldn't get any worse, any viler or any more toxic, the President of the United States retweets a fascist's anti-Muslim video to his 43.5 million followers. The president retweeted not one, but three anti-Muslim videos posted by the deputy ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 29, 2017

Along with many other black writers across the country, I have made former presidential candidate and now HUD Secretary Ben Carson the object of my disappointment in aligning himself with Donald Trump.  Carson has been rightfully skewered for his ignorant political views and ...read more

• By Robert Covington, Jr.
  Nov 9, 2018

Former Vice President Joe Biden penned a stirring op-ed in The Atlantic yesterday, calling on all conscientious Americans to go to battle for ‘the soul of this nation’. As he sees it, the dark forces of fascism, xenophobia and hate are on the rise in response to the “giant steps ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

In the wake of Charlottesville and Donald Trump's spectacular failure to denounce white supremacy and Neo-Nazism, conscientious Americans are justifiably concerned about fascism going mainstream in their country.  I stumbled upon a painfully astute quote from Norman Mailer that ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Aug 22, 2017

Apparently it was our lack of hospitality that caused all the death and injury in Charlottesville. As progressives, we need to take this to heart and promise to do better in the future. After all, the Nazis and a motley crew of their KKK, alt-right, and skinhead friends are ...read more

• By Rich Herschlag
  Nov 9, 2018

Thanks to the French people, the world now has a new, powerful ally in the fight against rising nationalism. With the election of centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, the far right in France was effectively neutered and sent back to the wilderness of French politics. Yes, Marine ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  May 8, 2017

The Alt Right's favorite online troll Milo Yiannopoulos was evacuated from the University of California at Berkeley after student protesters threw smoke bombs, smashed windows and lit a massive bonfire when he arrived to give a speech yesterday.... To continue reading this ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 2, 2017

The Trump administration's first week in office has been so surreally bad that it is becoming impossible to accurately describe just how appalling their actions are. Adding to his list of executive orders and policy proposals designed to roll back civil liberties, wreck the ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

No, this is not hyperbole. Five days into the Trump administration and America is officially transitioning into a fascist state -- and today was without a doubt the worst day since Donald Trump decided to run for president.  According to the AP the Trump administration will now ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 25, 2017

On Sunday, someone decided to perpetrate a senseless and deplorable act of political terrorism. They firebombed a North Carolina GOP office and defaced a nearby building with a Swastika and anti-Republican graffiti. The response to this act draws stark lines between the possible ...read more

• By Jen Froderman
  Nov 9, 2018

by Matt Casper  Watching last week's Republican National Convention from Cleveland was truly a moment of clarity and confirmation for me, along with being a moment of deep sadness and grief. A bit of personal history is necessary in order to help explain. The truth is that I ...read more

• By Guest Contributor
  Nov 9, 2018

In response to Donald Trump's overly-amplified declaration that "I alone can fix this," Bernie Sanders tweeted, "Is this guy running for president or dictator?" The answer to Bernie's question is obviously "dictator." Definitely dictator. For the past year, since Trump declared ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

Picture for just a moment, say, Jake Tapper. He’s a fantastic political journalist and a seemingly decent guy, someone who’s always above-board and who tends to call it like he sees it, minus any of the usual ass-kissing or side-taking we see in a lot of others of his ilk. You ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Apr 4, 2016