Stories by David Morris

The past few weeks have brought us some heartwarming demonstrations that the popular will still has a bite.

The film Lincoln ends after the Amendment that ended slavery throughout the nation passed. But for blacks, earning the rights of citizenship was to prove a much more protracted war.

The Supreme Court will likely be deciding major issues like voting rights and marriage equality.

Obama's former Budget Director, vice chairman of corporate and investment banking at Citigroup thinks it's a good idea -- he may stand to benefit.

The competition between public and private sectors is handicapped. But it is the private sector that often cannot compete without being given more strokes.

The GOP's priority is to ensure continued power by reducing the turnout of demographic groups like students, blacks, Hispanics that traditionally vote Democrat.

The word anarchism has been so stripped of substance that it has come to be equated with chaos and nihilism. That's not what it means.

The Republican position on inequality rests on five statements, all false.

The 99% is more generous, and gives primarily to the church, while the 1% is more connected to cultural institutions that offer some payoff in social status.

The 99% is growing stronger and larger. The next step is to move the country. Which requires us to decide where we want to go and how we want to get there.

Obama has agreed to cut Saturday delivery, 2500 offices may close immediately and up to 16,000 by 2020, and Republicans want to end free door-to-door mail.

Any serious battle plan to reduce the deficit must take on the Pentagon.

The public sector often provides services faster, cheaper and more effectively.

America is exceptional in the advantages we’ve had over other nations, not what we’ve done with those advantages.

This time it’s not Packers v. Steelers. It’s Workers v. Bosses.

Fed up with Internet monopoly, cities have begun to take things into their own hands.

The vast majority of current tax breaks are fundamentally unjust and destructive. The good news is this harm can be easily alleviated, if we have the political will.

Happily, a new climate bill drafted by Sen. Maria Cantwell may change both the nature of the debate and its outcome.