Culture

Doomed writers buried their accounts of the Warsaw ghetto in the hope that they could teach whoever unearthed the documents about good, evil, indifference and the importance of the truth as an act of resistance. They have left us a trove of papers on how to construct a life of meaning.

Long-lasting change, especially under the Trump administration, will require mass mobilization, publicity, workplace action, and an unwavering commitment to due process for all immigrants, regardless of past criminal backgrounds who also are entitled to due process.

New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.

"Who, after all, runs America? No one runs it altogether, but in so far as any group does, the power elite."

Accessibility is still treated as a luxury rather than as a necessity.

"If the kids in Parkland are being brave enough to stand up and do this, we can be brave enough to stand up with them."

"Any lawmaker who doesn't want to invoke the wrath of their constituents should vote for its clean passage on the House floor."

“People are enjoying something (chocolate) that I suffered to make. They are eating my Flesh.”

Falling back on worn out ideology, bumper-sticker arguments, or self-serving strategizing likely won’t work. This is different.

A pandemic year of hope, trauma, and tragedy, up close and personal.