They arrive quietly, often unseen by the cameras that prefer the spectacle of the border or the flash of a crime scene. Yet the pulse of immigrant America beats in laboratories, kitchens, hospitals, and disaster zones across the country. It moves through the hands of...
Yesterday we transitioned from last Tuesday night’s exhilaration in the wake of Democratic electoral victories to the dispiriting reality of the national Democratic party’s craven caving in the matter of the government shutdown. The shutdown was ended with a “deal”...
Did it matter that 7,000,000 people turned out for last month’s No Kings Day? If you ever wondered whether all of our recent protests, vigils, and rallies were having any effect, Tuesday’s election should remove all doubts. Tuesday was like a warm spring breeze in the...
The Democratic Party seems incapable of reading the moment. While individual Democrats like Chris Murphy, J.B. Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, Jasmine Crocket, Cory Booker, and AOC rise to the occasion, the national party leaders— Schumer, Jeffries, Biden, Obama, Clinton,...
If you’re like me, you have someone in your life, maybe someone you care about deeply, who has imbibed vast quantities of the MAGA kool-aid. After attending the live session of a new podcast, BCD’s New Directions in Engaged Buddhism, I’ve been thinking about a...
