by Drick Boyd | Nov 3, 2018 | Featured
DESCRIPTION: While there are many reasons to be discouraged about this fall’s elections and to not bother to vote, I offer three reasons I choose to vote: I am an internationalist; government’s job is to defend the poor, and out of necessity I live and...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
A lot of ink has been spilled over how unfair and “mean” the Senate’s proposed health care bill. As one headline had it: “Shifting Dollars from the Poor to the Rich is a Key Part of the Health Bill. ” In order to lower the overall cost of the bill, the Senate proposal...
by Drick Boyd | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Like Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States and Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, tells a part of US history...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Egregious immigration policies. State-sanctioned killing of minority boys. Alienation of religious minorities. A leader who abuses power in order to keep his office. Vulnerable families going underground or moving to other countries out of fear. This was the...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week Philadelphia has played host to the Democratic National Convention. Lofty words and great promises have been made. Tears have been shed, anger expressed (both in and outside the convention) and numerous demonstrations have gone on amidst the sweltering heat...
