Monday, March 16, 2026

11 communications rules for activists to live by

Advice learned through 50 years of progressive media activism.

Civil rights tours draw in new generations

The current political landscape is inspiring more people from the U.S. and abroad to visit the sites where the civil rights movement made history.

‘Federal invasion’: Minnesota officials condemn violent ICE raids, arrests

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that the number of federal agents now in Minneapolis and Saint Paul outstrips the 10 largest Twin Cities metro police departments combined.

We remember Tiananmen, the 30th anniversary of the pro-democracy protests

“This year, we remember their brave efforts in the face of violence and fight for a new generation to learn and to never forget.”

DOJ to appeal judge’s injunction against ‘cruel, unprecedented policy’ of deporting migrant children

The Trump administration—which has denied the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and seized infants from their parents—claims it is acting in the interest of public health and children.

Civil Rights: From Sundance, to Selma, to South Carolina

In 1915 one of the most nakedly racist films was screened in the White House. One hundred years later a very different film, directed by an African-American woman, was screened there. Change happens, slowly, but it happens. Could the birth of a new nation be at hand?

What’s Wrong with Police in America

The U.S. needs real heroes and public safety professionals to help protect human rights. The U.S. does not need power hungry bullies trying to control the lives of citizens. It is time to make a change.

Trump prosecutors make move to ensure that embassy protectors are convicted

In this period of normalized illegality and attempts at intimidation, we shall not allow the state to move against these courageous activists without resistance from our movements.

A reformist program on immigration (or what Harris might have said)

A radical program would embrace the freedom to migrate as universal and therefore reorient the global location of investment to serve that freedom both domestically and internationally.

Humanity lives

To be better humans, we need to tell the truth and not let ourselves fall victim to greed and corruption.