Changing my perspective with the help of some mighty omens

After keeping the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down for months because they refuse to enact the ICE and Border Patrol reforms that Americans overwhelmingly want, Republicans are now usin...

I wrote this poem three years ago while traveling in northern India.

J. Catherine Tetrault chose an event in 2001 when we asked which moment in the last 26 years shaped the person you are today. She had just 46 words, 20:26. Here's how she responded...

Republicans just unilaterally funded ICE, masked thugs who murder Americans. Remember this when you vote in the midterms.

Excuse me, have you seen April? Short, unpredictable - often runs hot and cold?

$30 million in tax credits for so-called “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAFs) over three years (H.5280) are currently before the Conference Committee on the FY 2026 Supplemental Budget Bill. It’s unclea...

In this ACLU-led training, participants will learn about the Constitutional right to peacefully protest and about best practices for reducing risks when attending protests like the upcoming No Kings m...

After this week’s experiences, I thought it was important to tell you that I SEE YOU.

Hope and goodness have a way of showing up, even while we’re preoccupied with what appears dark and frozen.

On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

What makes us stronger.

A love poem

After the unexpected changes of last summer, my life was in need of a makeover.

Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.

I’m no stranger to change, yet this is a lot - even for me.

August is my reminder that nothing loved remains unchanged.

This evening's view. Support your local farms… their cows make excellent ice cream! #BuyLocal #CommunityFarms #PioneerValley

Crossing a threshold alters our way of being and leads somewhere new, whether there’s joy, sorrow, anger, or fear in the process.

Senate Republicans want to vote on their Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching reconciliation bill this weekend, and that means a “vote-a-rama,” when senators can propose endless changes that their...

One piece in one moment was not the whole.

House Republicans hid a provision deep in their Medicaid-slashing megabill to shield Trump and his cronies from contempt of court citations. And now, Senate Republicans have stripped their No Contempt...

What Ben Franklin, Desmond Tutu, and I share in common - and other May Day musings.

As Heather Cox Richardson writes, America’s democracy was formed by diverse groups of people who agreed that people shouldn’t be ruled by a power-hungry tyrant and that the rights of individuals matte...

I’m pulling the fire alarm on this one! The U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) on Apr 10th, under the guise of protecting the integrity of our federal election system. False...

I’m pulling the fire alarm on this one! The U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) on Apr 10th, under the guise of protecting the integrity of our federal election system. False...

More than 500 law firms moved to file an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie's lawsuit against the Trump administration's executive order that targeted the firm.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

History shows how democracy wins

Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.

“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit.” ~Audre Lorde