Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/26/17
"A day that they spend worrying about you is a day that they're not ending Medicare, privatizing public schools, or preparing a Muslim registry."
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Politics
Donald Trump Is So Dumb. (How Dumb Is He?)
Yes, we’d all love Donald Trump, the president, to be presidential. But Donald Trump, the human being, is a bullying, ignorant child.
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/25/17
"I believe that every woman should have this same opportunity to decide if, when, and how to get pregnant on her own terms."
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/24/17
"There has been a whole shift in the way we think about healthcare towards, at least, an implicit recognition of healthcare as a right."
Politics
Manchester Otherwise Love
Now Manchester. While we pause and pray, let's be clear what gets us here--and how to stop coming 'round again.
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/23/17
"The Onion has obtained hundreds of documents from an anonymous source within the White House." And it's as awesome as it sounds.
Chicago
Why Chicago Has No Jane Jacobs
On Sunday, Ai Weiwei said people who live censored lives in China eventually become complicit in their own subjugation. Little did he know he was talking about Chicago, too.
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/9/17
"It’s about...slowing them down so they can’t take more people, and doing it so well that they never want to come back."
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/8/17
"Most of us don’t know what it’s like not to be safe, what it’s like to be targeted."
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/3/17
"Without immigrants’ hands, nothing is going to get done in this country, especially in Yakima Valley."
Getting Around
On the Road(s)
If you really want to hate Robert Moses, try explaining to your partner the maddening muddle that is the New York metropolitan area's regional roadway system.
Politics
Compassionate Resistance for 5/2/17
"When you think about it from a movement building perspective, the question isn’t, 'Do I have a role?' The question is 'What role?'"