6 ways to fight resistance fatigue
We’re only three months into Donald Trump’s (likely) four-year term, but for many activists, it already feels much longer. The daily onslaught of disturbing developments is exhausting....
Category: North America
Democrats Choosing Sanders to Lead are Leaving Too Much of their Base Behind
At this very moment, Bernie Sanders has joined Tom Perez in an ongoing series of unity rallies. Can we unite? It’s hard to know. If uniting means putting Bernie in charge? Many of us will...
How Did Race Motivate United Airlines’ Treatment of Dr. David Dao?
By now, I suspect that most everyone with access to the Internet has seen the videos of Dr. David Dao being dragged from a United Airlines plane at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. At...
Ossoff, Thompson, and the future of Democrats in red states
After today, Democrats will have a much better idea of how many House seats could swing their way in 2018, as James Thompson and Ron Estes face off in a special election to fill Mike...
The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Muslim Ban: An American Tradition of Alienation
In 1882 America banned Chinese people from coming to America. It was the first time that America placed legislative restrictions and regulations on a group of people who sought entry into the United...
The American right is criminalizing immigrants
In Trump’s February 28th address to a joint session of Congress, he announced the creation of a new office in the Department of Homeland Security, VOICE — Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement...
Can the left make America great again?
The American right's adept skill at repurposing and owning matters of 'values' is coming to a head in 2017, as an era of political resurgence is leading many once dormant liberals — the...
First person: Fleeing the Guatemalan Civil War for America
This is an interview with a Guatemalan resident of Lynn, Massachusetts. For safety reasons, his name has been changed to Sebastian Martinez. This interview recounts Sebastian’s experiences...
Why Hawai‘i is the Right State to Be Leading the Charge Against Trump’s Travel Ban
On Wednesday, March 8, Hawai‘i was the first state to file a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s revised travel ban. The lawsuit argues that the revised ban will unconstitutionally...
But We Survived: A Story of Living Through the Japanese Internment in America
I met Natsumi* almost 10 years ago in Los Angeles. She was the program coordinator for a senior community center (“I’m a professional volunteer!” she likes to joke) I taught at. Observant,...