A little bit of agitation is good. It motivates us to action. It stimulates voter turnout. Too much is paralyzing. And pointless.
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This blog post started as a video. You can see it here. In the struggle to save democracy, there are some who insist that Democrats should “fight like Republicans.” This is sometimes framed as “Democrats are bringing a knife to
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This blog post started as a video. You can see it here. In the struggle to save democracy, there are some who insist that Democrats should “fight like Republicans.” This is sometimes
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Every immigrant comes to America with one thing in common: courage. The courage it takes to sacrifice and make this journey — to a nation that is more than a place, but
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Hi everyone! There’s a lot on the menu this weekend: Black Voters Matter is targeting corporations who supported GA’s voter suppression bills. ADL is promoting House resolutions condemning hate crimes against Asians
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Photo by Taylor Wilcox on Unsplash With only 56 days left until the election, it’s time for every American to consider something we generally take for granted: our relationship with our country.
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By Eduard Marmet – http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0101633/L/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6553388 It was opening day for the Boston Red Sox. We stood, a group of young girls, in formation on the field, Fenway’s famed
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My very first political memory dates from 1960, when I was four years old, and I was eight when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I remember watching the TV coverage all
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One hundred years ago this July, my 6-year-old dad, his 7-year-old brother and their parents arrived at Ellis Island. It was a trip six years in the making, beginning six weeks after
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When Trump ran for office, I remember laughing. I said “He’s a joke” and “He’ll never win.” I think a lot of people thought the same as me and didn’t take his
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Photo by Anthony Garand on Unsplash Ronald Reagan plays a starring role in my political awakening. Believe me, I take no pride in these words. My first memory of Reagan dates back
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Friends– The Trump administration’s commitment to racist gerrymandering has finally gone too far. In open defiance of last year’s Supreme Court ruling rejecting Trump’s plan to add a citizenship question to the
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