by Sarah van Gelder | Apr 12, 2026 | Authoritarianism, Community, Donald Trump, ICE, Minneapolis, Mutual Aid, Op-Ed, Organizing, Resistance, solidarity
Even before Donald Trump launched a war on Iran, his presidency had heightened the strain on millions of people in the United States struggling with high prices and precarious work. Now, as the U.S. and Israel escalate their violence in the Middle East, pressures at home are intensifying. Higher prices at the gas pump make the war-related surge in energy costs visible to all.
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by Lewis Raven Wallace | Oct 31, 2025 | Anti-Racism, Community, Movements, Op-Ed, Racism, the South
Eight years ago, I attended a gathering on my family’s farm in South Carolina on the day of the total solar eclipse. That same week, my grandmother, Sarah Graydon McCrory, went into the hospital with an infection from which she never recovered. In October of that year, just past her 96th birthday, Sarah died — and I got to stand by her on her deathbed as she grappled with connection and liberation…
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