1. Stop Telling Me to Fight
“White people didn’t listen, because they couldn’t see it in their charts and graphs and polls and statistics. And if they couldn’t see it, then they couldn’t see me, and still don’t. And that’s hard to digest. I thought that, if nothing else, my white friends had overcome race, but they didn’t. And they may never do so.”
2. The Facts That Matter Most This Veteran’s Day
PTSD, homelessness, suicide. These are realities that face our returning veterans. Find out what resources are out there.
3. Law & Order: SVU Trump-Inspired Episode Pushed Again
The “ripped from the headlines” episode centers on a “wealthy and boorish man who makes a run for the White House, but his plan might be thwarted by a woman who accuses him of raping her.”
4. Global Climate Activists Try Not to Freak Out Over Trump’s Win
“Trump has said he intends to pull the United States out and ‘cancel’ the Paris deal, end international climate funding, and repeal President Obama’s key efforts to curb climate pollution. So his impending presidency does not bode well for global climate action. He’ll be the only major world leader who doesn’t accept the science of climate change.”
5. Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News
Do facts even matter anymore?
6. Death Penalty Measures Approved in Three States
Oklahoma even enshrined the death penalty in its state constitution.
7. A Small Way to Show Solidarity, Inspired by Brexit
This is what that safety pin means.
8. Share Your Post-Election Story
You’re not alone. Read, share, and commune with others as we move forward.
9. Giuliani Calls Campus Protesters ‘Spoiled Crybabies’
Rudy Giuliani’s name is being floated as potential attorney general or chief of staff for the Donald Trump administration.
10. We Need Art Now, More Than Ever
“ … in the days and years to come, anything you say that is loving or honest or sympathetic will be inherently political, simply because it will go against the kind of thinking that is now politically ascendant. Artistic work like this will become the binding agent of a community — a true and diverse community — peopled by those who have been made to feel isolated.”
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