With the election of Joe Biden to the office of the President, accompanied by the many grassroots organizers around the country succeeding in state and local races, Democrats are uniquely positioned to move forward on a “transitional agenda” that builds America toward a progressive future. As the COVID-19 pandemic appears…

In a post-George Floyd America, Democrats must put up a robust anti-war agenda — In a post-George Floyd America, where many are now calling to “defund the police” and focus on community-based investment, Democrats must listen to those who have been a victim of police brutality and racism. Beyond being a conversation about race, it is also a conversation about unbridled power and the…

John Reed’s journalistic testament of the Russian Revolution in the Ten Days That Shook the World promotes a ‘glorified’ picture of the revolution, most classically, as furnishing a global upshot of socialist politics. In the preface, he states, “No matter what one thinks of Bolshevism, it is undeniable that the…

In modern academia, the role of the historian takes on many shades of thought and varies in philosophical perspective and practice. Whether the vast differences within the discipline is “ethical” or not is to be determined by analyzing what historians define as “history.” While many may envisage history as a…

Paul Krugman’s New York Times article about “Moochers Against Welfare” points to a fundamental problem that has been getting worse in America since the Clinton era: awareness of social welfare policies. After a recent conversation with a friend on Facebook, it demonstrated what Krugman emphasized — a majority of people…

POP-CULTURE OPINION We all know wrestling is choreographed. But for decades, wrestling has had the power to captivate our minds artistically and expressively. Its prompted fans to aspire to be bold in the things they believe in. The WWE has captured an immense (male) audience for many years displaying a…

The Republican Party was once a party of property redistribution, workers, and the liberation of Africans. . . — After reflecting on the materialization of discourse in revolutionary France during 1789, one can’t help but notice the prevalence of radical republicanism. Republican virtue was synonymous with liberty, solidarity, and equality. In bringing such ideas to prominence in government, Maximilien Robespierre once wrote on “Political Morality” professing

What Nadezhda Krupskaya can teach us about Labor and Education — Since researching the stages of national development in the Soviet Union, I came across a very interesting trend that places the female subject front-and-center in Soviet political history. Not only do women play a critical role in the Russian Revolution that brought forth the first socialist experiment in world history…

POP-CULTURE OPINION Think about it. Let it simmer in your mind a little. Search your feelings, “you know it to be true. . .” At least it makes for a good story. It even fits well with the recent trilogy’s notion suggesting that the force is reemerging, awakening, and that…