Alison R. Parker
Editor
Reproductive justice and LGBTQ rights activist; freelance writer. Follow her on Twitter @alisonrose711.
Trump’s rhetoric against special counsel Robert Mueller continues to ramp up as the investigations close in. But if he tries to follow through on his implied threat, Americans are ready to push back.
By Alison R. Parker - April 09, 2018Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey tried to get a straight answer from Sarah Huckabee Sanders about EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s security expenses. But she had nothing coherent to offer.
By Alison R. Parker - April 09, 2018Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted that the administration is leading a ‘trade coalition of the willing’ against China. But Fox News anchor Chris Wallace exposed that lie by simply demanding actual names.
By Alison R. Parker - April 08, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - April 01, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - March 25, 2018Republicans’ intransigence on gun violence is being tested as more big-money donors are joining Al Hoffman Jr. and putting away their checkbooks.
By Alison R. Parker - March 24, 2018Parkland survivor Alex Wind gave powerful testimony at the March for Our Lives, slamming NRA-backed lawmakers and declaring the students’ mission: ‘We choose life!’
By Alison R. Parker - March 24, 2018Thousands of students are marching to demand action on school safety. The Trump administration responded by giving them the exact opposite.
By Alison R. Parker - March 24, 2018Only three Republican senators thus far have shown the courage and the patriotism to call out Trump’s reckless attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller.
By Alison R. Parker - March 18, 2018The Trump administration’s decision to fire FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was met with immediate disgust and suspicion, including from Republican Rep. Charlie Dent.
By Alison R. Parker - March 17, 2018Democratic Rep. Tim Walz, the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to serve in Congress, offered fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe a temporary job so McCabe could keep his pension.
By Alison R. Parker - March 17, 2018The Fox News presidency continues to take shape, as Trump is reportedly considering the network’s former co-president Bill Shine for White House communications director.
By Alison R. Parker - March 17, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - March 16, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - March 02, 2018Rick Santorum used the latest horrific massacre to take a swipe at single mothers.
By Alison R. Parker - February 25, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - February 23, 2018To the far right, even kids who lived through a massacre are fair political game.
By Alison R. Parker - February 19, 2018The Sunday shows were noticeably void of any administration figures, as Trump gets hammered for his callous response to the latest mass shooting.
By Alison R. Parker - February 18, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - February 16, 2018She is exactly, and heartbreakingly, right.
By Alison R. Parker - February 14, 2018A white paper suggesting a number of gun regulations be rolled back was secretly informed by a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.
By Alison R. Parker - February 13, 2018Contrary to Sen. Rand Paul’s flustered claim, there is nothing “complicated” about whether or not punching your spouse in the face is wrong.
By Alison R. Parker - February 11, 2018Chief of staff John Kelly digs himself in deeper every time he opens his mouth.
By Alison R. Parker - February 11, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - February 09, 2018If chief of staff John Kelly is so bothered by “laziness,” he might want to direct his attention away from hardworking Dreamers and toward his boss.
By Alison R. Parker - February 06, 2018“If you are anti-Russia, if you are pro-law enforcement, if you are pro-rule of law, the Republican Party is not the place for you.”
By Alison R. Parker - February 04, 2018Trump’s campaign pledge to reduce or even eliminate the national debt is already proving to be yet another broken promise.
By Alison R. Parker - February 04, 2018News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - February 02, 2018“I can still feel the hangnail in my right foot, and it’s missing! And we have a guy who says he had a bone spur that kept him out of Vietnam but doesn’t remember where it was.”
By Alison R. Parker - January 28, 2018CNN’s Van Jones is not interested in Donald Trump’s take on issues facing the black community.
By Alison R. Parker - January 28, 2018