…In this bleak moment, we must inspire each other driven by a democratic soulcraft of integrity, courage, empathy and a mature sense of history – even as it seems our democracy is slipping away. We must not turn away from the forgotten people of US foreign policy – such as Palestinians under Israeli occupation, Yemen’s… Read More
“Farewell, America” by author Neal Gabler, November 10
Whatever place we now live in is not the same place it was on Nov. 7. No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, they will now look at us differently … With Trump’s election, I think that the ideal of an objective, truthful journalism is dead, never to… Read More
Guns N’ Roses Invites Mexico Fans Onstage to Destroy Trump Piñata
On November 30, in the middle of a song they were performing at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, the band Guns N’ Roses cut the music and brought a giant piñata of Donald Trump onstage. According to an online TIME magazine report, Axl Rose, the band’s front man, said, “Let’s bring up some… Read More
Undocumented in Trump’s America
By Jose Antonio Vargas, November 20 On election night, while making my way through a crowd gathered outside the Fox News headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, a white man wearing a Mets cap patted my back and said through the noise: “Get ready to be deported.” Rattled, I made it inside the green room and waited to… Read More
Architect Resigns from Association for Pledging to “Play Nice” with Trump
Two days after Trump’s election, Robert Ivy, the CEO and executive vice president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), sent a memorandum to the organization’s members saying, “The AIA and its 89,000 members are committed to working with President-elect Trump to address the issues our country faces, particularly strengthening the nation’s aging infrastructure. …… Read More