Category Democracy

For the longest time, we’ve lived in a controlled reality held together by the information given to us by people on TV. The medium is the message, as they say. The TV was a dictatorial medium. Whoever had lots of…

Participatory Democracy. So what do we do now? Many people ask this question when responding to the unacceptable policies that Republicans are putting forth. The answer is: We do more of what we’re doing now. For too long, too many…

A brief victory for democracy. We’ll take it. There might be hope for the Republican Party after all. The GOP officially revoked its nomination of Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House. This after 112 Republicans voted behind closed doors…

Here’s an uncomfortable truth. Millions of our fellow citizens prefer autocracy. What is autocracy? The simple answer is that it’s a form of government controlled by one person. Millions of Americans would prefer an autocrat like Donald Trump or Ron…

Democracy and deers. In the 1960s, a group of white male scientists conducted a study on deer behavior. They observed that one larger deer would take off in a new direction after some time, and the other deer would follow.…

Calling legislators about bills does make a difference. Just like voting does. Voting by yourself seems small, but with lots of people, it makes a difference and gets noticed. There are several reasons calling your legislators makes a difference: Here’s…

While republican-led states are taking away their citizen’s rights and stifling education, this is what Minnesota is doing. Minnesota – The Star of The North: There’s a lot more in that bill. Amazing news for education. While other states are…

Justin Jones and Justin Pearson are the best America has to offer. You can see the promise of America in these two. Their courage and their clarity and their ability to cut to the core of what’s going on. To…

We need to redefine democracy for us. In Tennessee, after another school shooting, we are seeing exactly what the institutions of the state do. It upholds the foundation of the state and not the people who make up the state.…