My stylist and your barber need to keep their lights on and roofs over their head just like you and me. — Hairstylists, colorists, and barbers are among the most personal of non-medical service providers. Their job is to touch us. We cannot partake of their expertise without physical contact. And, there is a personal relationship with your stylist that is unlike any other. …

Brought to you by the number 435 — The 2020 census is upon us and the 435 seats in the House of Representatives will rotate through their decennial shuffle for the 24th time. The results of the census will be used to divvy up those 435 seats between the 50 states. Some states will be apportioned more seats…

“I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy Ratty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shining, gleaming Streaming, flaxen, waxen, knotted, polka dotted Twisted, beaded, braided, powdered, flowered and confettied Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied.” — The Cowsills (1969) When it comes to the issue of discrimination, the mind almost never…

In the three years of this administration, we have seen gross abuses of power, constitutional officers use our founding documents like toilet paper, the belittling and decimation of our country’s place on the global stage, and the re-invigoration of white nationalism. And, that is not even the worst of it…

More than 2.5 years and 4.8 million users later, Resistbot has become the go-to-tool for the Resistance—with a real and proven impact on voter turnout. To date we’ve sent 12,142,210 letters to your members of Congress, helped more than 1.1 million people vote in the 2018 midterms, and continue to…

The GOP can’t refute testimony from fact witnesses like Amb. Yovanovich and Dr. Hill, so they’re trying to confuse Americans by conflating impeachment with a criminal trial. — Hopefully you’ve had an opportunity to digest last week’s hearings. By now, it should be obvious to everyone, including the GOP and Trump supporters, that Trump withheld financial aid to the Ukraine because he wanted President Zelensky to appear to conduct an investigation into the son of a rival presidential…

There is a place for everyone in the Resistance. — Since March 2017 when Resistbot came alive, there have been 4.8 million individuals who have texted and tweeted their way to becoming part of the Resistance. Among them, there are hundreds of thousands of additional ideas as to what the act of resistance looks like. What tugs at the heartstrings…

Whether we are immigrants seeking a better life, or American-born seeking equality in how the world sees us, how we see ourselves, and with whom we are in love, the words “all men are created equal” must include all of us. — There are many tragedies and injustices which occurred in the course of creating the democratic experiment known as America. Millions of men, women, and children who inhabited this continent for 10,000+ years were forcibly removed, slaughtered, or enslaved by the colonists who came to claim this land as their own…

We resist, and in doing so, we speak up for those whose voices are ignored. — We resist because, over the centuries, those with the courage to stand up (and kneel) for themselves, and for those whose names they would never know, set their feet upon a path that led to many of the most important events in our history. As a country, America was built…