Have you ever lived without hope?

By davidt2974 / May 1, 2015

Watching the demonstrations in Baltimore is a lot like watching the riots of the 1960s or the Rodney King protests. […]

Why do we protest?

By davidt2974 / April 23, 2015

Next Wednesday, we’ll gather to observe the second anniversary of the Moral Monday protests in Raleigh. I figure this is […]

By davidt2974 / April 7, 2015

I’m watching state after right-wing state in a competition to see who can be the most mean-spirited to people on […]

By davidt2974 / March 31, 2015

This is a hard time of year for me. Tomorrow is Mike Day, the anniversary of my son’s death. I […]

By davidt2974 / February 26, 2015

I rejoined the National Organization for Women when the US Supreme Court decided employers could deny women access to contraception, […]

By davidt2974 / February 2, 2015

I grew up as a “daughter of Eve,” in a fundamentalist church. Daughters of Eve (all women in the church’s […]

By davidt2974 / January 12, 2015

This meme from a high school friend set me off this morning. Do people really think those who have to […]

By davidt2974 / December 21, 2014

The two cops who were brutally murdered this week in New York City are just the latest victims in what […]

By davidt2974 / December 9, 2014

We tortured people in Iraq and Afghanistan. It wasn’t just “enhanced interrogation techniques,” according to a newly released CIA report. […]

By davidt2974 / December 5, 2014

That was what Eric Garner said moments before he was killed. It also was one of the chants at last […]