Resist Here

An activist who streamed the tear-gassing of peaceful protesters details last Tuesday’s events.

After a week of fear and uncertainty, I attended the Boston rally because I couldn’t not go.

Last week D.C. police arrested me and 175 friends for a nonviolent protest in the Senate. We had occupied Senate hallways as a last resort…

New York progressives come out to meet Randy Bryce, “the guy who will beat Paul Ryan.”

And Why You Should Understand Them

*Note: Cross-published on Quail Bell Magazine.

Twenty years ago today, I was undergoing one of the most exacting training processes of the U.S. Military to become a member of the elite U…

On this 50th anniversary of the hippies’ “Summer of Love,” Charlottesville, Virginia, will be weathering a long, hot, right-wing extremist…

New York can lead the way in resisting Trump and strengthening our democracy. Here’s how.

Scenes from the 2017 May Day March in San Diego, CA

On Saturday, over a thousand of your neighbors gathered in downtown Portland to demand President Trump release his tax returns. The march…

Around 100 activists gathered outside Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saturday, April 8, 2017, calling for a U.S. single-payer (universal)…

Capturing moments of the growing resistance.

If you work with a mission-driven organization, you may find yourself speaking at a political rally soon. (Maybe sooner than you think, the…

Three days before Donald Trump’s inaugural on Jan. 20, Rep. John Lewis — the Georgia Democrat whose name often invokes the word “icon” —…

There is a new normal. And it is a new normal that we are refusing to normalize. It is, however, important to look at history as a guide.

Even if you can’t make it to an action today, resist wherever you are.

Lessons from The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in the Fate of the Nation.

it is always white men who tell me her failings the coworker who couldn’t stomach the idea of voting for her her emails an acid eating away…

Before the inauguration, I hadn’t been to a protest since 1990. Yesterday, Trump crossed the line.

you prepare with thick socks and phone numbers written on skin you walk until you can’t pressing against stranger and lovers until you are…

Like many of you, I’m feeling incredibly inspired by the Women’s Marches and the amazing turnout. It’s certainly the most inspired and…

My development as an “activist” and political human didn’t happen overnight.