Members of the advocacy group D.C. Marijuana Justice hold a 51-foot blow-up joint on the National Mall on April 28, 2021. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) “This is what pressure and advocacy look like,” said anti-poverty activist Joe Sanberg. “This must be the first of many steps… Continue reading
The last time you tried to pay a medical bill, might you, in fact, have been told, “We have no facilities for that”? (Photo: sod tatong/Getty Images) The never-ending impact of a forgotten Blitzkrieg against the American left. ADAM HOCHSCHILD October 6, 2022 by TomDispatch (CommonDreams.org) Donald Trump has had the urge to crush… Continue reading
Support for Confederate symbols and monuments follows lines of race, religion, and education rather than geography. By David A. Graham OCTOBER 4, 2022 (theatlantic.com) Several years ago, I was driving on a rural road when I came up behind a pickup truck with a Confederate-flag sticker on the back window. This… Continue reading
September 23, 2022 “In the past it was well-established, well-known to most people that there’s a very wide range of characters of men and women and it didn’t mean that because you were not a typical man or typical woman you were the wrong sex. That’s to say that there’s… Continue reading
Drama By Margaret Heffernan If governments and our most powerful institutions can’t save the planet, the people must. This is the view of a group of Extinction Rebellion supporters, who in April 2019 smashed the front doors of Shell’s headquarters on the South Bank, painted the building with graffiti and… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Am not back posting… Please hold the following people in your thoughts: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Susan Witka, as she recovers from surgery Jackie Barshak, battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, as she continues chemo therapy. Melvin Starks recently released from the hospital! – Still needs housing!… Continue reading
The Rational National Oct 5, 2022 Following almost 3 weeks of sustained protest it appears there is a revolution in-the-making taking place in Iran, sparked by a tragic event involving 22-year-old Jîna ‘Mahsa’ Amini. === Support the show at http://TheRationalNational.com/Join Donate Directly at http://PayPal.me/daviddoel Tip at https://streamlabs.com/therationalnat… ‘Join’ on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9o… Follow David Doel at http://twitter.com/DavidDoel Follow The Rational National at http://twitter.com/TRNshow Follow… Continue reading
Arit John September 27, 2022 (LATimes.com) From his perch in an elementary school gym during last month’s Michigan primary, Grand Rapids City Clerk Joel Hondorp oversaw the electronic book of eligible voters, while first-time election workers Kimberly and Shayne Becher helped check people in and explain how to fill out… Continue reading
