politics
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We Are All Terrorists Now
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi Renee Good was killed because she took the wrong way home after dropping her child off at school. Shortly before she was shot in the face, she spoke these words to her murderer. “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you.”… Continue reading
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Still Marching After All These Years
I think there’s a weapon of cynicism to say, ‘Protest doesn’t work. Organizing doesn’t work. Y’all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn’t do anything,’ because, frankly, it’s said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez I have been to a lot of rallies over the… Continue reading
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This I Shout Loudest: Scenes From the Resistance
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight. Bob Marley In Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone.” Although she was singing about the environment, she could have just as easily written the song about our American… Continue reading
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That Vote Was Mine
America’s democracy is not guaranteed. It is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it. To guard it, and never take it for granted and protecting our democracy takes struggle. It takes sacrifice. But there is joy in it. And there is progress. Because we the people have the power to build a… Continue reading
Can You Hear Me Now 