Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “We cannot let justice be denied by waiting. History has shown us over and over what horrors that leads to.”
In a December 1 article for the Washington Post online edition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for resistance against Trump. Writing from his viewpoint of protecting this country’s “most sacred values,” Abdul-Jabbar criticizes others and their “hide-beneath-the-bed tactic”—like Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, who says “we should take a look-and-see approach” and Black Entertainment […]
Center for Biological Diversity: “Lash Out at the Darkness and Fight Like Hell”
In the November 10 issue of their online newsletter “Endangered Earth,” the Center for Biological Diversity included a statement saying, “We’re only thinking about one thing right now: stopping Donald Trump from destroying the planet.” The statement goes on to say, “If President Trump carries out the disastrous promises he made while campaigning, the Environmental […]
Irish Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin
In a November 10 speech in the Irish Parliament, Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin made a strong speech denouncing Donald Trump as a fascist—and condemning the Irish government’s conciliatory response. This Irish politician just said what many American leaders are too scared to say about Trump pic.twitter.com/Q2MeB815jz — NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 17, 2016
Jewish historians speak out on the election of Donald Trump
Hostility to immigrants and refugees strikes particularly close to home for us as historians of the Jews. As an immigrant people, Jews have experienced the pain of discrimination and exclusion, including by this country in the dire years of the 1930s. Our reading of the past impels us to resist any attempts to place a […]
Andrew Sullivan: “The Republic Repeals Itself”
Andrew Sullivan is a well-known conservative writer and online commentator, currently a contributing editor to New York magazine. On November 9 an article by Sullivan titled “The Republic Repeals Itself” was published. Sullivan made important points worthy of reflection. Read Andrew Sullivan’s piece here.
1,500 Past and Current Fulbright Scholarship Recipients:
1,500 Past and Current Fulbright Scholarship Recipients: “The consequence [of Trump becoming president] could be dire for both international cooperation and peace” The Fulbright Program, funded by the U.S. government and private sources, gives prestigious scholarships to about 8,000 recipients yearly—for students, academics, artists and others in the U.S. to study and do research abroad […]
Law Students Speak Out Against Trump’s Attorney General Nominee
Law Students Speak Out Against Trump’s Attorney General Nominee: “Sessions stated that he believed the Ku Klux Klan was okay” After Trump nominated Alabama white supremacist and Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, the American Constitution Society (ACS) at Harvard Law School—one of the most prestigious law schools in the world—wrote a letter to Trump […]
George Takei Speaks Out Against Trump on Nuclear Weapons and Registry for Muslims
Responding to Trump saying he wants to “strengthen and expand” the nuclear capabilities of the U.S., actor George Takei tweeted on Thursday, December 22: “Trump wants to expand our nuclear arsenal. I think of my aunt and baby cousin, found burnt in a ditch in Hiroshima. These weapons must go.” Takei and his family spent […]