Extremism
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Op-ed: LGBTQ Citizens and Allies Reflect on Anti-Trans Legislation as Families Leave State
New Laws Taking Effect On July 19th, Governor Sununu signed several bills into law which were deliberately designed to target transgender individuals living in the state. The bills were part of an ongoing effort by the state government to target LGBT individuals living in New Hampshire. Similar laws were also proposed at the beginning of…
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Opinion: Local Election Officials to Governor Sununu: Act Swiftly to Veto HB 1569
Service—it’s why local election officials and volunteers step up year after year to run our state’s elections. Service to our community, to our voters, and to the bedrock of American democracy: free and fair elections. We take immense pride in the integrity and security of New Hampshire’s election process. However, that call to service is…
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Big tech billionaires line up behind Donald Trump and JD Vance
Silicon Valley billionaires such as Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and Chamath Palihapitiya have thrown their support behind a Trump-Vance ticket, and some even urged the former president to pick Vance as his running mate.
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Who is J.D. Vance? Here’s what to know about Trump’s VP pick.
Vance has compared abortion to murder and slavery, has criticized divorce, and has suggested people in “violent” marriages should try to work things out. He’s additionally said he wants to ban pornography, and has blamed a school shooting on “fatherlessness.”
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Op-ed: Anti-trans laws are a threat to NH agriculture
As residents of New Hampshire, we live and work within a vibrant and diverse landscape, our agriculture dominated by small and adaptable farms. The resiliency of those farms relies on both the ingenuity and perseverance of individuals, along with the support farmers give each other, which comes in innumerable forms. I am calling on that…
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Conservative leaders want to make it harder to get divorced
No-fault divorce laws have contributed to lower national rates of intimate partner violence, particularly against women. Some conservative leaders want to reinstate barriers to divorce by requiring “proof” of abuse or infidelity.
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Op-ed: Which future for America? The choice is ours.
Two years shy of its 250th birthday, our country teeters between alternate futures: either we continue the American Experiment, or we abandon it. With an attempted coup just a few years behind us and one of two major American political parties fully co-opted by a convicted criminal and former president who no longer hides his…
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Op-ed: Fact versus Fiction: Parsing Today’s Increasingly Internecine Politics
A Challenge Against Lies March 9th of this year marked the 70th anniversary of Edward R. Murrow’s famous half-hour television broadcast in which he effectively put an end to McCarthyism in America by calling out Senator Joe McCarthy for what he was: a crusading anti-communist politician who would do anything and everything to root out…
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Op-ed: New Hampshire Education Under Fire
Just a few weeks ago, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass a bill enabling widespread book bans throughout the state. The House has continued attempting to increase the income cap to use school vouchers or even remove it entirely. All while students and teachers suffer as a result. From pre-K to college, New Hampshire…
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Op-ed: Trump Has Always Wanted to Ban Abortion
When I was a senior in high school, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court voted to overturn the decades-long precedent of Roe v. Wade. I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, and how I felt. I was in shock when I read the decision – a fundamental right I had been guaranteed my entire…
