Category archives: Politics

When people say they want to keep ‘politics’ out of their entertainment, they’re asking to not be made uncomfortable

‘He wants to build things. He wants to make bold decisions and be really decisive,’ Kevin Plank said.

There’s room for metaphor and even escapism in the ways we talk about politics, but the real world is there waiting for us.

A teen essay contest has roiled a part of Clinton Country

Donald Trump is deceiving his country, even if he doesn’t know it.

What to pay attention to when everything seems bad

‘I Am Not Your Negro’ director Raoul Peck on James Baldwin, and the Bronx Documentary Center’s photojournalism exhibit on protest.

This week there’s a meet-up in Boston, Massachusetts, for projects helping all Bostonians, immigrants included; Riverside, California, is working on becoming a sanctuary city; a conference to end human trafficking is coming up in Lansing, Michigan; and folks are already preparing for the March for Science in April

History tends to repeat itself when you prefer to only look at the sunnier bullet points of the past.

“We can fight with everything we’ve got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot farther.”