“”History kept me stuck to my seat. I felt the hand of Harriet Tubman pushing down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth pushing down on the other.”” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claudette Colvin Colvin in 1952 at age 13 Born Claudette AustinSeptember 5, 1939Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Died January 13, 2026 (aged 86)Texas, U.S. Occupations Civil… Continue reading
Tell Congress: No More Tax Dollars for ICE & CBP. We Demand Accountability. Urgent: Members of Congress are considering more funding for ICE & CBP as they negotiate the government spending bill before the January 30th deadline. Congress cannot give ICE and CBP another dollar while they continue to visit terror on our communities. We demand real limits, strict accountability, and an end to… Continue reading
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” ― Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. His pamphlets Common Sense and The American Crisis framed the Patriot argument for independence… Continue reading
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, Aaron Naparstek NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were… Continue reading
See also: Doublethink In George Orwell‘s Nineteen Eighty-Four, 2 + 2 = 5 appears as a possible statement of Ingsoc (English Socialism). The Party slogan “War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength” is a dogma which the Party expects the citizens of Oceania to accept as true. Writing in his secret diary in the year 1984, the… Continue reading
Minneapolis and Minnesota authorities can’t let the Trump regime suppress the truth. by Ryan CooperJanuary 12, 2026 (Prospect.org) By now, most readers have probably seen the horrifying video of ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, to death. Of all the forensic analyses published, the best… Continue reading
(Image from keepintouch@ebar.com) By David Hernandez,Staff Writer Jan 11, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a Congressional District 11 candidate forum in San Francisco.Scott Strazzante/S.F. Chronicle Sen. Scott Wiener referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide for the first time Sunday, changing course after he got… Continue reading
Crowds turned out to Splash Pad Park on Sunday, joining similar demonstrations across the U.S. by Natalie Orenstein and Jerome ParmerJan. 12, 2026 (Oaklandside.org) Crowds in Oakland joined demonstrators across the country on Sunday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign and the fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent… Continue reading
