In the past two weeks, everything has changed… and nothing has changed. Two weeks ago tonight, 46-year-old Minneapolis man George Floyd was alive, going through his Sunday night as any one of us do, unaware—as we all are—of what the next day would bring.
June 4, 2020Protests continued for a tenth day today in the face of ongoing police brutality. That statement is going to anger some readers, but hoo, boy, the images of the police attacking peaceful protesters and journalists are going to be in textbooks in a few years, and our great grandchildren are going to ask how on earth this happened.
June 3, 2020Military leaders past and present and all four former U.S. presidents condemn Trump's "troops on the ground."
June 2, 2020"I need to be clearer and louder in our community about what I believe our school is for. The purpose of our school isn’t simply to develop college and career ready students. I believe in my heart that developing citizens, with a clear and purposeful focus on social justice, is part of who we can and must be. But I need to say that and I need to say it loudly and publicly."
May 21, 2020 | Updated January 5, 2016 | Moyers & CompanyHistorian Harvey J. Kaye talks to Bill about why FDR's “Four Freedoms” are more important now than ever.
May 5, 2020Today’s pandemic alters our tradition of protest and dissent.
April 8, 2020Voting rights. The Republican Party “would rather try to keep people from voting than lose,” David Daley tells Bill. Daley is a reporter who has written extensively about gerrymandering and voting rights — and fired up a generation of activists fighting for free and fair elections.
January 18, 2018Writer Marge Piercy recalls what it was like for young women before Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. "Going back to those dark and violent times is the master plan of many in power today," she writes.
December 18, 2017Dashing through the snow and decking the halls with handmade placards, outraged people are protesting the bill and decrying the rush to pass it this week.
December 15, 2017Rule #1: Always think critically and fight ignorance with facts.
