Florida Teachers Show How to Fight Back
In a Sarasota school board race, voters soundly rejected the culture war policies pushed by by right-wing extremists like Gov. Ron DeSantis and Moms of Liberty
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Must the Ballroom Be Torn Down?
A Saturday Prompt
“Be Quiet!” Trump Snaps. No, Speak Up.
As Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff demonstrated this week, no politician, journalist or everyday American can afford to remain quiet as Trump seeks to silence dissent
Sanity, Madness and the American Promise
A view from Finland (redux)
What Makes You Laugh (redux)
A Saturday Prompt
The Many Layers of History
Revisiting Berlin. Reckoning with its terrible past and Germany's uncertain future.
A Punch in the Face (redux)
Last November's Democratic blowout demonstrated that the wannabe king is growing weaker while the public's anger is growing stronger
What Are You Fighting For? (redux)
A Saturday Prompt
Hope Is a Discipline (redux)
This hateful regime wants to exhaust us and convince us that victory will be theirs. We have the individual and collective power to prove them wrong.
Will These Turbulent Times Lead to Progressive Change?
'Six Questions' with Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress
Lost in Fantasy Land
Iran retaliates by attacking Minnesota water? Trump blames Minnesota. Evidence proving a botched reflecting pool redo? Trump keeps blaming vandals. He should be removed.
What Gives You Hope?
A Saturday Prompt
Snapshot: Rotten to the Core
The ugly targeting of Anthony Fauci, the corrupt self-dealing of Trump and the arrival of Elon Musk's midterm millions are reminders of the work ahead