October 2024

In 1957, Justice Brennan wrote the first Supreme Court legal definition for obscenity in the case of Roth versus United States.

Most voters make their decisions for various unreflective reasons; engaging in a prolonged internal struggle over whether or not to support any particular candidate, especially a candidate nominated by a party which the voter identifies with, just isn’t typical behavior.Donald Trump, though, has never been a typical candidate; he’s always been a contentious one.

“The student loan crisis,” Sabrina Cereceres writes at The Nation, “is a national emergency, and the time to act is now.”Cereceres makes a good case that the student debt situation in the United States is indeed a crisis.

With less than two weeks to go until the 2024 general election, political junkies have laser focused on the presidential race.Local superfans of democracy might want to widen that view.

In about two weeks or so it will be Election Day.

This year’s presidential campaign has featured shocking statements and dramatic moments, including two assassination attempts.