Ceasar: Grief and challenge
The intersection of guns, drugs, poverty, scant education, substandard health care, high unemployment, and corruption are literally producing conditions that invariably redound the hardest and worst on young people of color.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.
The kind of heroes we need to actually save the planet
Collectively, we can embody a new type of hero that challenges mainstream iconography.
My life with Maus
Or how I was banned (even if in a second-hand way) by a Trumpian world.
An outright reversal of Roe v. Wade isn’t all we should fear
There are many ways we can lose our rights. We need to fight them all.
Men, we can do better
Survivors of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford deserve our support, not our opposition.
In order to transcend Trumpism, we must tend to suffering—not celebrate it
The contemporary political arena rations compassion as though it is a scarce commodity when, in reality, it is inexhaustible.
Reporting from around the world, Reese Erlich was a beacon of independent journalism
While Reese won prizes, including a Peabody Award, he did something far more important -- skillfully and consistently challenging “the basic assumptions of empire.”
It’s up to you
Folks, our democracy depends on all of us – now more than ever. This November 6th, please do your part.
Why unarmed civilian protection is the best path to sustainable peace
“Unarmed civilian protection challenges the widespread assumption that ‘where there is violence we need soldiers,’ or that armed actors will only yield to violent threat.”