Introducing Season Two
Wow, has it been four years already? Just kidding — it seems more like 40 years since Trump was elected. When I first started down the long road of Trump resistance weeks after the election, it was via a Facebook group called 1456, the name signifying the number of days between Election Day 2016 and […]
The Sheriff Sequel: What Happened in the Elections
One of the more enlightening conversations I have had on the podcast was about sheriffs when I spoke with Max Rose a few months ago. Max Rose is the founder of Sheriffs for Trusting Communities, a group that works with local organizers to help educate people on what sheriffs do and how to hold them […]
Walls of Moms
Did you hear about the Wall of Moms in Portland, Oregon? These middle-aged ladies in yellow t-shirts and bike helmets made national news when they formed a human barrier to help protect peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters from armed federal agents. The images of these women, sometimes accompanied by “dads” with leaf blowers to help […]
Four Ways to Chip Away at the Margins and Defeat Trump
In New Faces of Democracy, I profile all kinds of people and grassroots groups with one thing in common, defeating Trump and his agenda this November. There are activists across the gamut — candidates and artists, newsletter writers and fundraisers. And then there is one category of activism that focuses on what I call “chipping […]
Creative Activism
July 14th 2020 I’m a firm believer in silver linings, even in these days filled with dark clouds, and one of these is the flourishing of creative activism taking place right now. If you’ve been following my podcast and the videos on my website, you might have noticed that I’ve got a real soft spot […]