(Spoiler Alert: It depends.) Are posts, emails and articles about AI flooding your devices? Me too. I’m not opposed to AI; let’s say I’m cautiously optimistic. AI is a lot like social media and fossil fuels. All three are technologies
When I posted this essay to LinkedIn, it generated more discussion than anything I’ve ever posted before. So, I’m reprinting it here to see what you think. Reply here or add your voice to the Comments on the LinkedIn Post.
Note: I wrote this post about a week before election day 2024. It hasn’t aged very well. I’m posting it anyway because it’s helpful to remember the optimism of July. The most pessimistic, doom-and-gloom political watcher I know called me
In the 2024 election cycle, every race will have larger implications. Those candidates for tiny school board districts in your community? Their potential votes on policy will reverberate nationally. Think book bans, restrictions on access and misrepresentations of US history.
Netroots Nation was 🔥this year! I don’t usually geek out about meeting people who are all over social media, but this was different. This was Justin Jones, one of three Tennessee state representatives who offered more than thoughts and prayers
Do you ever get this question? “What’s your favorite movie about [your work]?” When people ask me about my favorite movie about organizing, they’ll often also say “I bet you love that movie Norma Rae!” (Depending on the questioner’s age.
Trigger warning: there is some graphic language about the violence of slavery and the treatment of Indigenous people. The bedrock of the American economy is the belief that everyone can be rich if we just work hard enough. For example,
“I like being weird. People remember you that way. They say ‘Hey, I remember you. You’re the weird one.’” -Sylvia Gordon (aka my mom) circa 1980 You know how there’s one kid in every school that no one likes and
Don’t you love Halloween? The costumes. The adorable kids. The candy. (The day-after-Halloween candy sales.) The silliness. I especially love all the witches. And by witch, I mean: Woman In Total Control of Herself Since June 24, there are a
With guest co-author Sylvia Gordon (aka Mira’s mom) On December 14, 2012, Sylvia turned 71. Also on December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza made sure 28 people at Sandy Hook Elementary would never turn 71. Sixteen of them wouldn’t even turn
