Mindy Schwartz is a blogger, life-long political activist, wife, daughter, dogmom, DemCast USA Content Director and Jew. She is equally proud of all of those roles.
This is the first in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Let
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What I am sure of is that I, and many other patriotic American Jews, along with Americans of all races and religions, will not accept this.
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On March 1 the world heard reports that the grounds of the Babyn Yar memorial were hit by Russian bombs. Babyn Yar is the place where over 33,000 Ukrainian Jews were
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It is up to those of us who remember the survivors, those friends and neighbors with numbers tattooed on their arms, to keep their memories alive.
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This year I am thankful for the Covid-19 vaccine and the 59.4% of the US population who care enough about others to be fully vaccinated. Many of us have been traveling, going
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Immigrants, we get the job done.” Earlier this month my husband and I saw the musical “Hamilton” at a theater in Los Angeles. In a show filled with memorable lines, the one
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I just want to say to all of you cowards out there, don’t be such a chicken squat. Get out there and get your shot.” Dolly Parton The reluctance of people, mostly
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On Sept. 10, 2001, the phone rang early in my California home. My youngest brother, who lived in Indiana, sometimes ignored the time difference. After I grabbed the phone and said hello
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In the mid-1980s I became the president of the San Diego Coalition for Reproductive Choice (SDRC). I was in my early 30s and married. Abortion was not an issue that touched me
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Those of us who live and breathe politics know that the ballots for the California Republican recall were mailed to all registered voters the week of Aug. 16. We know that Election
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On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic March on Washington. That day he gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which ends with the words: “[W]hen
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Recently, when I took my dogs on their daily walk around my mostly Republican neighborhood, I noticed lawn signs calling on neighbors to “Recall Newsom.” My immediate reaction was to point those
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