Yearly Archives: 2017
Michael Moore urges Trump critics to participate in ‘100 Days of resistance’
“It’s important that everybody go there. This will have an effect.”
Meryl Streep’s must-watch Golden Globes speech: “When the powerful use their position to bully...
“Who are we, and what is Hollywood, anyway? It’s just a bunch of people from a bunch of places."
GOP ignores confirmation procedures, rushes ahead with Trump’s nominees
Apparently insisting on “fair and consistent application” doesn’t apply in this situation.
Watch: Tampa police arrest volunteers for feeding the homeless
"Compassion should never be criminalized."
Standing Rock and the return of the nonviolent campaign
There’s something even better than electoral politics and one-off protests when mobilizing citizen power.
5 things you need to know about Trump’s EPA pick Scott Pruitt
Pruitt is a climate science denier.
The consent of the governed
We have entered a new era, a presidency of protest and an increasingly illegitimate government. We have the power to withdraw our consent from hate and exploitation and build love and prosperity.
Investigate the hackers – and ignore Trump’s chaff
Whatever his motives, it is hard to imagine a worse impediment to the nation's security than a commander in chief who ignores and politicizes intelligence.
The age of great expectations and the great void
History after “the end of history.”
The Democratic Party must undergo a dramatic transformation to lead America into the future
The Democratic Party has allowed itself to become a part of that problem and now it’s time that it and its members break away from that dysfunctionality and return to a strong liberal/progressive agenda.