A friend once gave me the best piece of advice: You can't control what happens. You can only control how you respond to it. These are...

I had an email conversation recently with my dear friend Evan, who is an economist.  He was outraged about how Trump was throwing out...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! In a wonderful story about the great community composting battle in New York, Civil Eats highlights a group in...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! This week, in the midst of record-setting heat waves across America caused by climate change, the Federal...

Welcome to Message Monday! Trump blames Biden for the inflation that is top of mind for many people, and they think the GOP is better on...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! For so long, the battle over guns and gun violence seemed intractable.   But as the bodies pile up, it...

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! We’ve talked about how mining for certain key minerals like lithium is a critical part of the renewable...

Welcome to Message Monday! I’m a big live theater fan.  I once served on the board of a phenomenal theater company in Chicago called...

The left must be open to working with a broad range of people with whom we have some alignment, if we want power:  power to win hearts...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The American Immigration Council described the effect of President Biden’s pair of actions yesterday as...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! Happy to report that the first class of American Climate Corps (ACC) workers started the swearing-in process...

Who knew? Welcome to Message Monday! According to Common Dreams, a new survey from the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab  shows that tenants are...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Many progressives are horrified by President Biden’s current embrace of Israel, given their genocidal war against...

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! From the Missouri Independent, via News From The States, comes a story of three legislative interns,...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! Have you heard of the Rural Democracy Initiative?  I just learned about them. Where have they been all my life? ...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! A huge bill is coming up in Congress starting this week that will have a major impact on upcoming elections. ...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! I learned about Mr. Weiland from a story in the South Dakota Searchlight, via News From the States – an...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! As usual, the words “poverty” or “poor people” aren’t being uttered by Presidential candidates or, generally, by...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! You may have heard about the GOP’s current drive to ban regulations requiring employers to protect farmworkers...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Taxes can be complicated, but I vow to keep this discussion as simple as possible, and laser-focused on the...