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Reflections on the Election Results. Onwards!
I was asked by a friend and Progressive Democrat of America (PDA) Fellow Traveler to share my thoughts on how PDA will respond to yestersday's election results. Here's what I wrote:
Tuesday’s election results were dire, but…
// Opinion
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For Freedom and Against Fear: From FDR to Kamala Harris
On Tuesday evening October 29, 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Ellipse, supplanting—with unifying oratory— Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric that prompted an attack on the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. Advocating a platform…
// Opinion
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Black Mauritanians in Ohio show everyone what welcome looks like
Migration is an act of courage and love. Some people want Ohio and this country to be narrow and exclusive, denying this basic human reality. They have been trying to thrust Black Mauritanians into a national anti-immigrant conversation. But at…
// Opinion
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Israeli teens prefer going to jail over enlisting in the Israeli Death Forces (IDF)
Sofia Orr, 19, is an Israeli teenager who chose jail over enlisting in the Israeli Death Forces (IDF). Before turning 19, Sofia was jailed three times for refusing to enlist in mandatory military service and spending her time in Neve Tzedek,…
// News