SONALI KOLHATKAR – What sets Mamdani apart from other progressive mayors who promised to be tough on police is a democratic socialist vision of a society that meets people’s needs.
Category: February 2026
Nonviolence vs. the Hydra of authoritarian violence
ANDREW MOSS – The myth of the Hydra offers a vivid image of how different forms of violence can be traced to a single, lethal source. But its utility ends there. No Heracles will come to slay this beast. A single “heroic” figure, or figures, isn’t even desirable. A complex history must first be accounted for: how the current authoritarian regime emerged from decades of festering inequalities of wealth and power, from long-standing precedents of scapegoating, racism, and xenophobia..
America’s “Pretti-Good” 250th Birthday
KARY LOVE – For America to deserve a 250th Birthday Pretti and Good must not have died in vain. The original American Patriots taught how to use “good trouble” to depose a rotten king. The people of Minnesota and others under attack are rallying, building community, supporting each other in peace and decency. Now, it is up to you. Save the elections, save the vote. Volunteer to be a poll worker, a poll watcher, a right to vote defender. Ask what you can do for your neighbor, your country despite its government. Volunteer to help America live up to its genius and its promise.
On the road to nuclear war
LAWRENCE WITTNER – Lunatics, of course, exist, and some of them, unfortunately, govern modern nations and ignore international law. Even so, although we are on the road to nuclear war, there is still time to take a deep breath, think about where we are going, and turn around.
I Am Somebody Because He Was Somebody
JAMIE HARRISON – Today we mark the passing of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. — a towering figure in American life, a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, and one of the most consequential architects of modern Democratic Party politics.
The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think
NORMAN SOLOMON – For anyone who wants a truly progressive Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom is bad news.
Gen Z Divorces Maga
ETHAN LIEBERMAN – Gen Z males elected Trump. He swept the group by 14 percentage points. This was just four years after Biden won that demographic by 25 points, an unheard-of swing. And now, says Lieberman, they are swinging away from Trump in huge numbers. But that’s not, explains our mole in Gen Z world, a swing to Democrats.
Where Is Your Line? Which Side Are You On? (Hint: Silence Is a Decision)
ROB OKUN – What has to happen before you actively push back at a government transforming into authoritarian state before our eyes? Will you show up? Will you raise your voice? Will you find a place in the growing resistance movement?
The Last Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Agreement Has Expired. What Now?
By Winslow Myers In his dense and challenging lectures gathered into a book called “The Courage To Be,” the late theologian Paul Tillich sorted our modern anxieties into three existential buckets: first, the anxiety of fate and death, experienced as dread; second,…
Arresting the witness – Don Lemon, the DOJ, and the chilling of press freedom
GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE – If journalists can be arrested for documenting protest inside a church, the precedent will not remain confined to sacred spaces. It will travel—to campuses, courtrooms, town halls, and streets—wherever institutions demand insulation from scrutiny. A democracy that punishes witnessing does not preserve order. It preserves power, by erasing those who dare to look.
National Shutdown, Minneapolis Nominated for Nobel Prize and Serbia’s Students Blow Whistles
RIVERA SUN – Much is going on in nonviolence demonstrations and presence. Consider and be inspired.
How to turn extreme weather tragedies into climate victories
CATHY ROGERS and MACIEJ MUSKAT – After an extreme weather event, climate organizers can seize the opportunity to push for tangible policy change.
Faith activists are praying with their feet in Minneapolis
ARIEL GOLD – After joining faith leaders in the streets of Minneapolis, Ariel has no doubt that the disciplined, caring and prayerful response of the people to ICE will win.