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Guns, abortion, and the stirrings of the slumbering giant
Hello, friends. I hope you’re having a restful and safe Memorial Day.
Today, I want to ask: Can anything positive come from last week’s tragedy? Or t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Coffee klatch: talking to a 9-year-old about what happened this week, the 1994 assault weapons ban, NRA convention, Trump's loss of credibility, and Bob's positive prediction for the midterms
My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (the executive director of Inequality Media Civic Action, and my former student), discussing this pa…
4 years, 4 months ago
Educating for the common good
I think about those 19 children who were murdered in their classroom on Tuesday, and feel the need to go back to basics — to the common good. Given t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Why unions are coming to the new economy
Yesterday, the Game Workers Alliance (a union of quality assurance workers at Activism subsidiary studio Raven Software) won their vote to form a uni…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bombardment by the billionaires
The richest person in America tweeted last week that Democrats have “become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vo…
4 years, 4 months ago
Coffee Klatch: CPAC in Budapest, Bezos and Musk, Doug Mastriano, a new progressive era, and my debut on the Simpsons
My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (my former student and executive director of Inequality Media Civic Action), exploring the lows and …
4 years, 4 months ago
What you need to know about the anti-democracy movement
Decades ago, America’s wealthy backed a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism, and constitutional democracy. …
4 years, 4 months ago
How Russian oligarchs, the Saudis, and China are swaying American elections
Hello friends,
In 2017, Donald Trump repeatedly lied that between 3 and 5 million unauthorized immigrants had voted for Hillary Clinton. In the last f…
4 years, 4 months ago
We need a hope machine. Anyone know how to build one?
In a comment on this past Saturday’s post, Paula OH said: “It’s a very tough time. We need a hope machine! Anyone know how to build one?”
My answer to…
4 years, 4 months ago
Coffee klatch: Dems' message for midterms, Manchin, stock market, contraception, brain fog
My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (my former student and executive director of Inequality Media Civic Action), exploring the lows and …
4 years, 4 months ago