Every few months, you likely notice something: people on Instagram calling for a general strike. The posts will appear suddenly, evincing urgency but sparse in details. Their provenance is usually obscure. But the message is always clear. To resist Trump’s authoritarian agenda, Americans need to unite in a national economic blackout. The cyclical nature of […]
During his address to God at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a democrat from Illinois, called on President Donald Trump to be “invested in the elevation of suffering” of people in this country, including “the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis.” Rep. Jackson, son of civil rights leader […]
On Monday, in a dramatic escalation of his administration’s attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, President Trump called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places.” Trump’s efforts “to nationalize the voting,” as he put it, will be difficult to pull off, since states have control over the administration of […]