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The election was terrible and means huge setback in the things we who support social and economic justice care about. For the climate it may mean the difference between the possibility of building a sustainable future and getting to the changes too late to avoid catastrophe. The current period is likely to give a major stress … Continue reading Getting out of this Mess by Building support for Economic and Social Justice

Ever since last Tuesday I, and most people I know, have felt shattered. It is a blow to our common humanity that someone who expressed such hatred toward so many of us could have gotten a majority vote for the presidency. What was the most striking to me was how overwhelmingly white voters, including white … Continue reading White Supremacy won the Election

The day after the election most people I knew were exhibiting physical signs of stress. I felt it mostly in my stomach. The morning after the election, I spent time commiserating with an undocumented student I mentor, and who I love. I held her and tried to be supportive of her in her fear that … Continue reading On Surviving the Trump Years with Our Spirits Intact

As a middle aged college professor, I hear a lot from colleagues about how worried they are about how young people relate to news. The dominant narrative among us older folks is that young people: don’t consider news important; spend all their time surfing the net for celebrity gossip and cute videos; spend all of … Continue reading Healthy News Habits

The California Communities Colleges system is engaged in a serious attempt to close the racial achievement gap so that students from all demographic groups are achieving at high levels. The word being used for this attempt is “equity.” The idea is that we should not treat all our students equally. Rather, we should try to … Continue reading Empowered Students Transforming Colleges: Civic Engagement as an Equity Strategy

Presidential elections are important. They are really important. If George Bush hadn’t been president, the US would not have bombed Iraq, ISIS would not exist. And yet around presidential election time, people get wrapped up in the elections in ways that are not helpful for building a just and sustainable society. There is a lot … Continue reading Don’t Mourn, Organize…and Vote