Social Issues
Pan-Local Organizing: Do It or Disappear Like Occupy
A dear friend of mine reminded me today of the good work we did a decade ago, why we did it, and…
Justice Ginsburg’s Public Interview in Lexington Wednesday
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will conduct a public interview in Lexington on the…
Why Should You Care About Other People? Because American Freedom Depends On It!
People ask me all the time, "How did we come to this?" Shaken in disbelief that we could…
No Longer Invisible, No Longer Alone, No Longer Hopeless
After watching President Obama’s farewell address last night, I found myself thinking back on his…
The Singular Lesson of the Obama Years
It was heartbreaking watching President Obama's farewell address last night. We love that man…
Forget Identity Politics, Call the Tribes
The purpose of the Democratic party and for the progressive movement and liberalism, for that…
Steve Martin, Carrie Fisher, and the Male Response to Female Beauty
In response to the news that Carrie Fisher had died, Steve Martin shared on Facebook the vivid…
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Exec. Director Responds to Jeff Schapiro’s “Fringe…
By Tarina Keene, the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia for nine years. In response…
Sessions: KKK “okay” until he learned some were “pot smokers”
It's unquestionable that a good deal of marijuana legalization supporters voted for Donald…
Trump Loyalist Dave Brat’s White Nationalist Ties
CORRECTION: This article originally and incorrectly stated that the Southern Poverty Law Center…
