Gara LaMarcheWhat I learned about my family from reading the newspaperThe Westerly Library just finished digitizing nearly sixty years of The Westerly Sun, my hometown paper, so far from 1893 to 1950, a few…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Gara LaMarcheWhat I learn by teachingI just finished another semester of teaching, culminating in watching my students walk across the stage to get their diplomas last week…Jun 8, 20231Jun 8, 20231
Gara LaMarcheWhat kind of country will we be living in after November 6?As the midterm elections near, Donald Trump and much of the Republican party are doubling down on the dystopian fear-mongering that has…Oct 30, 2018Oct 30, 2018
Gara LaMarcheKeeping Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court is an essential fight for progressivesWhen this squalid period in American history is over, those who enabled a mendacious, bigoted, traitorous President will have a lot to…Aug 13, 20181Aug 13, 20181
Gara LaMarcheOne year in, resistance is spreading from the streets to the ballot boxWith all we’ve been through, it seems like an administration measured in dog years, but in fact this weekend we’ve survived just one year…Jan 21, 2018Jan 21, 2018
Gara LaMarcheJack Rosenthal, 1935–2017I was deleting some old voicemails recently because my mailbox was full, and came across one from Jack on May 6 of this year, Lisa’s…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Gara LaMarcheThe story of America is a fight about powerI was honored to be recognized with a Social Justice Award at last night’s New York Gala for the Center for Popular Democracy, and here is…Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017
Gara LaMarcheNorman Dorsen, 1930–2017Norman Dorsen, longtime ACLU leader and a key figure in New York University and its law school — and a dear friend for forty years — died…Sep 7, 2017Sep 7, 2017
Gara LaMarcheA progressive’s reflections on ten things we know, halfway through Trump’s first year1. Trump is every bit as bad we thought he would be, a moral abomination with no redeeming qualities or outlying bright spot. In this he is…Aug 17, 2017Aug 17, 2017
Gara LaMarcheHow Nixon launched my activist lifeIt’s a Saturday night in late October of 1973. I’m nineteen, in my second year at Columbia, in for the night at Phi Epsilon Pi, a rundown…Jun 17, 2017Jun 17, 2017