Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest MusicArmed with his weapon of choice, a guitar with the words “This Machine Kills Fascists” painted on it, Woody Guthrie was a pivotal contributor to the canon of protest tunes. He composed nearly 3,000 songs, many of which remained unpublished. This has allowedContinue Reading
News Why the Trial Penalty Must Go Faced with the threat of severe sentences, innocent people can and do plead guilty. Opinion 06.01.23 By Christina Swarns (Image: Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash) When I was just starting out as a public defender, I got the opportunity to assist onContinue Reading
Jason Call was one of the top Blue America candidates last cycle. He ran for the northwest Washington congressional seat occupied by corporate New Dem Rick Larsen. He got over 30,000 votes in the primary. Last month, he announced he’s going to run again— this time though, as a GreenContinue Reading
Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest MusicNo-No Boy is a multimedia project formed by Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama while pursuing their doctorates at Brown University. The project employs music as an educational tool to teach historical lessons about the Asian American experience, something they both share in theirContinue Reading
Brandon Johnson is bringing his public school teacher bonafides to the job of overseeing the nation’s fourth-largest school district., Read MoreContinue Reading
Montana state Representative Zooey Zephyr fights back against the GOP’s weaponization of ‘decorum’ in state legislatures., Read MoreContinue Reading
One would think that among the basic civil rights disabled people should have is the right to not be shocked., Read MoreContinue Reading
We’re at a strange inflection point in womanhood., Read MoreContinue Reading
Liz Skalka @ HuffPost: Mike Pence Files Paperwork To Run For President Against Americas Worst Traitor. Cassandra Jaramillo @ ProPublica: True the Vote Leadership Accused of Using Donations for Personal Gain. Prem Thakker @ The New Republic: Ron DeSantis Says Woke Seven Times in 26 Seconds in Wildly Out ofContinue Reading
Outraged over passage of the bill raising the debt ceiling, Rep. Andy Biggs told radical extremist Stew Peters that the U.S. government “is the most corrupt organization in the world.” Kent Christmas is upset that the LGBTQ community has supposedly stolen the rainbow and the word “gay.” Robert George declaresContinue Reading
Alexis Rizzo was one of the first to join Starbucks Workers United; she was recently fired in retaliation, but her fight isn’t over yet., Read MoreContinue Reading
Histories of resistance and solidarity aren’t new, but in Florida, they won’t be taught., Read MoreContinue Reading
A friend emailed to ask my opinion of “hotspot” policing tactics being promoted by Houston PD. Here’s how I responded: There are SO many studies on this topic, many of them very micro-focused and not particularly useful, let me give you a big-picture, 50-year overview of the research findings onContinue Reading