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White supremacy and the post-Roe pregnancy-to-prison pipeline | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 12, 2022
Women of color have warned for half a century of the racist result of anti-abortion laws.
Trump, allies blame Antifa. They’re looking in the wrong place | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 12, 2022
In whitewashing the Jan. 6 insurrection by comparing it to the Black Lives Matter protests, Trump and his allies may have exposed more white than they intended.
Enough with the public trauma | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 10, 2022
Why do Republican elected officials fundamentally not care about gun violence?
This Pa. Senate bill will shortchange app-based workers. We can’t let that happen | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 9, 2022
Corporations built their businesses on the backs of app-based workers who risked their lives during the pandemic.
Our leaders have failed us on gun violence. Let’s take the power back | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 8, 2022
We can do this. Let’s have the will to do it and put the energy into making it happen.
We may never see police accountability in the Texas school shooting. This is why | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 8, 2022
Most people would be surprised to know that the government is not required to protect its citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court has said as much.
Responsible gun owners know it’s nuts to permit firearms that scare police | Jay Bookman
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 7, 2022
If more guns made us safer, we’d be the safest society in the history of Planet Earth, but we’re not.
How should Dostoevsky and Tolstoy be read during Russia’s war against Ukraine? | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 7, 2022
Enduring works of literature are enduring, in part, because they are capacious enough to be read critically against the vicissitudes of the present.
Democrats need to become anti-monopolists again | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 6, 2022
We cannot address our economic, societal dysfunction without fighting back at the corporate overlords who have hijacked our democracy.
Change won’t appear overnight in many states if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade | Opinion
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 6, 2022
The tensions between the legislative and judicial branches creates a complex and sometimes unpredictable outcome that could take months or years to resolve.
Saving for a rainy day makes good fiscal sense | Stacy Garrity
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 5, 2022
Being responsible isn’t flashy, and it rarely grabs headlines. But we know exactly what lies ahead.
5 ways to reduce school shootings | Analysis
By: Capital-Star Guest Contributor - June 3, 2022
Research already has shown that greater access to guns is associated with higher numbers of gun deaths.