Stop saying the Republicans failed. Every time I hear or read that line I cringe. I get it — it makes us who have been working so hard to defend the ACA feel good — like we’ve succeeded in this shit storm that is the Trump presidency but stop. …

How to Unite the United States and end the Divisions that are Hurting us All During World War II, Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt spoke about the “Four Freedoms.” These Four Freedoms are the Freedom from Fear, the Freedom from Want, the Freedom of Speech, and the Freedom of Worship…

Post-Traumatic Trump Inauguration Disorder. PTTID. It’s a mouthful but that’s what I’m calling what’s currently afflicting me. Perhaps you have experienced some of the symptoms of PTTID? · Exhaustion · Inability to focus · Increased anxiety · Feelings of hopelessness · Despair · Manic mood swings between hope and despair …

In the past week, Trump has talked at length about his first 100 Days in office, a conversation picked up by the press, most of whom have either tried to downplay the talk or emphasized how his time in office has been made up of failure-after-failure. Why measure a president…

Lisa Anne Auerbach is well known for her politicized knitwear — sweaters and other types of clothing hand and machine knit that include symbols or text that have a political meaning. But in addition to knitting, she has also been working with other forms of textiles, photographs, zines, and in…

Today is Equal Pay Day — the day when women finally catch up to a man’s earnings from the previous year. Began by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996, the date symbolizes the persistent issue of pay inequality between the sexes worldwide. In 1963, President Kennedy signed the…

You may know Abigail Gray Swartz’s work. She’s been getting a lot of attention lately because of her Rosie the Riveter cover on the New Yorker magazine. But Rosie is a woman of color, and she’s sporting a knitted pink pussy cap. Swartz says of attending the march and producing…

Bisa Butler knew that she was an artist from an early age and went on to study formally at Howard University, where she obtained a Bachelor’s in Fine Art. It was while studying for her Master’s degree that she realized her current passion, which is fiber art. In addition to…

A solid victory this last week in saving the ACA. I’m not sure what that will mean going forward but for today, Obamacare lives. And that’s a great feeling. There’s been a dozen people in my deep red county that I’d love to walk up to and say “yeah, you…