What the Trump Victory Means for Standing Rock
What a Trump victory may spell for the continued battle over the Dakota Access pipeline—and for indigenous rights, in general—is alarming.
American politics
Reflections on a Democracy in Crisis
As I predicted back in January of this year, working class Americans—fed up with being treated by the Democratic Party as the one American minority that it’s okay to hate—delivered a stinging rebuke to the politics of business as usual.
Why I’m Not Devastated
So what if, to the extent we live in a place where we can, we turn disappointment and bitterness into deep, perhaps sad, reflection?
Trump and the Two Sides of Populism
The 2016 election and the rise of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump can be explained by growing inequality and the nature of populist movements. Understanding this creates potential for serious radical change.
Before President Trump, fetch wood, carry water. After President Trump, fetch wood, carry water.
Perhaps it is the enabling of imagination that is one of the most important things we do in Transition.
Chaos, Havoc, and The American Abyss
Many have speculated on the reasons for the current crisis in American politics, and surely there are many facets that have played a part, and there are many angles to cover.
On Standing Rock and the Ballot Box
Though it may sound like a cliché, real change rests on our shoulders as citizens, community members, and even as consumers.
Trumped and Stumped: A Cure for Political Polarization?
A book called I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up sounds like it was written just for the 2016 US presidential race.
Five Things Americans Don’t Understand about Politics
At the height of America’s most bizarre presidential election campaign in decades, a careening spectacle largely due to the nutcase ramblings of an epic uber-narcissist, a contemporary, real-world He Who Can’t Be Named, I’ve come to realize just how little the American people understand about politics in its nuts and bolts.
American Fantasies
One of the reasons why I’ve tried to ignore most of the political news coming from my native USA these days is that I dislike hearing many of my friends – some of whom support Sanders, some Clinton, some Trump, and so on – chat blithely about a “revolution” or a “civil war.”
Not Quite Enough
It’s no secret that the Presidential election has narrowed down to major candidates who are each distrusted or even loathed by a substantial portion of the electorate.
“You Can’t Handle the Truth!”
At this point most people appear to know that something is terribly, terribly wrong in the United States of America.