Here’s the thing: I really love America. For better or worse, for all the opportunities given and those taken away. For all the times I’ve felt encouraged and those…
On today’s podcast, I will be discussing the events on January 6th with two previous guests: Teressa Raiford of Don’t Shoot Portland and Steve Pierson from Swing Left. …
It’s the end of 2020, a year in which many of our nation’s deepest problems and divisions have taken center stage. The coronavirus may be new, but the environmental…
The clock is ticking… and President Trump knows it. With less than 30 days to go before the 2020 election, we are on the verge of turning the political…
When the word spread about the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Dax-Devlon Ross began to receive calls and messages from many of his white friends. Like other African…
We don’t have to guess at what President Trump’s school reopening policy will get us. This experiment has already been done. Just look at sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV/AIDS has…
I remember the morning I flew home to vote. I was working in London on temporary assignment. It was a presidential election year, so I planned my next trip…
This article originally appeared in the HUFFINGTON POST on June 3, 2020. I have been crying on and off since May 26. Between the killing of George Floyd and…
This article was first published in The Daily Kos. As a young labor organizer and a gay activist, I became a member of the steering committee that led the…