PORTLAND, ORE. – When marijuana started getting legalized in piecemeal fashion across various states half a decade ago, opponents painted it as a slippery slope: Legalize marijuana, and then what, a society devolving into hard drug use, lawlessness, and vagrancy? On the surface, those predictions look to be coming to fruition this November when Oregon […]Read More
Over the weekend, 25 artists from across the contemporary pop spectrum – ranging from the Foo Fighters and Miley Cyrus to Reba McEntire and The Roots – all took part in the first-ever “Save Our Stages Fest.” The downer of a name is because venues nationwide keep closing permanently in the midst of COVID-19 lockdowns, […]Read More
Tom Cotton doesn’t own the libs for fun. In a Republican Party where a broad swathe of elected officials, including the president himself, lob bombs with abandon, the Arkansas senator has found a way to strategically rile the left for political gain while potentially giving himself a leg up in the post 2020 scramble to […]Read More
By Daniel Newhauser WASHINGTON — Marijuana legalization is more popular than both political parties and both presidential candidates, but even with legalization initiatives on the ballot in several states, many high profile candidates there have shied away from taking a stand on the issue this year. That comes despite belief from some marijuana advocates and […]Read More
Senate Democrats spent the bulk of this week hammering Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on whether or not she’ll vote to overturn the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). While that’s the most pressing case facing the Court just after the election, many Democrats are also terrified her appointment could set racial justice efforts, attempts […]Read More
America has a female prisoner problem. And the problem isn’t with the women; it’s with the nation’s justice system itself, according to critics who point to rampant sexual assault and other indignities forced upon the tens of thousands of females locked up in the US. Just last month, 15 female inmates at the Federal Correctional […]Read More
The Lumineers and hundreds of other artists have been begging for Congress to step in and save music venues. Photo by Danny Clinch Read More
President Donald Trump is coaching Republican officials to avoid cannabis ahead of November’s elections, which is perplexing marijuana advocates – along with some Republican lawmakers – who recognize the issue is both popular and bipartisan. While in Wisconsin on Monday, the president blamed former-Gov. Scott Walker’s 2018 loss on the myriad of cannabis legalization […]Read More
Tensions are still running high in the nation’s capital. The obviously frayed nerves are no longer due to federal officers beating, pepper-spraying and shooting rubber bullets at peaceful BLM protestors camped outside the White House. This week, the drama’s down the street at the U.S. Capitol where lawmakers are at each other’s throats as they debate policing reforms.Read More
WASHINGTON – Two weekends ago, just across from a freshly fortified White House, the sun was initially setting behind the overtly symmetrical office buildings that house the likes of the Motion Picture Association of America and U.S. Chamber of Commerce you could smell freedom wafting in the air as many peaceful protestors used the first […]Read More
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