Love & All that Jazz

Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes an entrance during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Photo: John Locher/AP.

In Search of Equality

Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar (pictured above) was vehemently and speciously attacked by U.S. President Donald Trump last Saturday on the basis of her wearing a hijab and her faith, thus fueling the hate campaign against her systematically perpetrated by the most reactionary Republicans, who didn’t feel ashamed to mendaciously claim she denied 9/11 attackers were terrorists. However, the high level of bi-partisan support she received, even if not unanimous, should encourage her to carry on with unchanged and, if possible, even stronger passion and courage her noble cause. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images.

Skate rock

Beto O’Rourke, nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2018 Texas U.S. Senate election, skateboarding at Whatabur.

Hey Joe

“Appealing to tribe, appealing to fear, pitting one group against another, telling people that order and security would be restored if it weren’t for those who don’t look like us, or don’t sound like us, or don’t pray like we do — that is an old playbook, it’s old as time”, former U.S. President Barak Obama said, speaking at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus Friday, September 7, 2018 in his first major political speech since leaving the White House. Photo: John Gress/Reuters.

Up The Hill

Democratic candidate Ayanna Pressley takes the stage after winning the Democratic primary in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. With no conservative opponent on the ballot in November, Pressley will be become the first African-American woman to represent Massachusetts on Capitol Hill. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters.