Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower. Read it. Then fight it. #NoFascism

With an estimated 64% turnout, here’s what really happened on Tuesday: 33% for Trump, 31% for Harris, and 36% did not vote (with 1% or so for others). Make of that what you will.

Harris’s prior support for a Green New Deal and Medicare For All didn’t lose her favor with voters, switching up on those views did. You just can’t switch up on major policy positions and retain trust.

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Heathrow Cox Richardson Trump appealed to his base and his base showed up. Harris tried to appeal to his base and her base stayed home.

Tonight in Jerusalem, anti-war protesters gathered, demanding a ceasefire and chanting, “Children are children, Jewish and Arab.”

Jerusalem tonight. Amplify these voices. (Photo: Orna Kupferman.)

True for movements, countries, and people: whatever is wrong when "they" do it, should also be wrong when "we" do it, regardless of who is "we" and who is "they."

I find it fascinating that nobody ever talks about meeting Democratic voters where they are.

Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif have all launched indiscriminate attacks against civilians and caused unimaginable human suffering. If the world does not uphold international law, we will descend into further barbarism. I agree with the ICC.

This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don’t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his

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The demand to free hostages has been used and seen abroad as a justification for Israeli crimes. In Israel, the hostages' families are leading the anti-war movement. Some, like Ayala Metzger, make sure that movement focuses on Palestinians, not just Jews 972mag.com/ayala-metzger-…

Amid this horrific war, we are demanding a different path. We are demanding peace. Yes, peace. Watch this video of Yuval Or, whose son and daughter in law were killed on October 7th, and whose grandchildren were kidnapped and released in the hostage deal, and join our fight for

1/ Two years ago, I stood in the dairy aisle of the last grocery in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It's the poorest place in the US, with the lowest life expectancy. But the store, like a lot of independent retailers, was vibrant. Signs in English & Lakota. School pride gear on walls.

DO NOT GO NUTS - no need to drive food prices up higher, and PLEASE LEAVE WIC COVERED ITEMS ALONE. Now is also the time, if you have extra funds, to up your donations to your food pantry. Now. As much as you can.

Usually on Holocaust Memorial Day I share a photograph of one or more of my relatives who were killed in Treblinka or Theresienstadt. Those posts always get a lot of response & sympathy, which is a comfort to me and my family that our losses are not forgotten. This Holocaust 1/3

Part of our tragedy is that not a single leader of an Israeli political party has stepped up to say the obvious: ethnic cleansing is a war crime, is deeply immoral, is wrong, it can and will not happen, and even if it did - it will even not offer Israelis peace or security