Social Media is a sewer. Sure, it’s a medium that makes it easy to reach out to family, share photos and even documents; but places like Facebook, and especially Twitter, have become digital war zones in which the extremes on both sides of the political spectrum go to...
Asa’s story is the quintessential tale of rags to riches coupled with a class-defying love affair. A rural “savage” who’s left a wealthy estate by a distant family member, only to run up against envious schemers from polite society, Asa falls in love with a poor...
In 1984, as part of Ronald Reagan’s renewed war on drugs, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Operation Pipeline. This program was inspired by the strategies employed by state troopers in New Mexico who, after pulling somebody over, asked specific questions...
As TFTP previously reported, on the night of Aug. 10, 2016, Tony Timpa called 911 asking police to help him because he had a history of mental illness and he was off his medication. When police arrived, Timpa was already handcuffed by a private security guard and was...
The debates have started and we are well on our way into another election season. Veterans of this hell are preparing their tropes: “This is the most important election of our lifetime,” or, “You have to vote for my guy, the other one wants take your health care.”...
If I wanted to increase income and wealth inequality, I could start by looking at San Francisco as a model of what to do. Strict property zoning restrictions combined with high taxes make it unaffordable for the non-rich to live there. As reported by the Stanford...
On July 29, 2019, U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro released an open letter and fact sheet addressed to “Friends, Colleagues and Supporters of U.S. Soccer.” Though he spends much of the letter emphasizing the organization’s commitment to “equal pay for equal...
We see or hear it all the time. Whether we're on social media or having a conversation with a friend or family member, you may hear something like this, your redneck coworker may say, "We just need to turn the middle east into a sheet of glass!" Meanwhile, your...
