University of Michigan students should register and vote in Ann Arbor whether they are from Michigan or any other state. The deadline to register to vote in Michigan is October 4th. Why? First, voting is your right as an American citizen. If you think you might be registered in Michigan somewhere else, register again, there’s […]
Work!
Through the November 2 election I’ll be working with People for the American Way (PFAW) in Washington D.C. on their Save the Court and Right To Vote campaigns. PFAW and many other organizations are also doing excellent work with their Election Protection program, which is an effort to register, educate, and mobilize voters, work with […]
‘You have to reframe the issues before the facts can become meaningful and powerful.’
These excerpts are from an interview of George Lakoff, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who wrote “Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think,” and is working on a forthcoming book titled “”Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.” “In another chapter I tell progressives how to talk to conservatives. This […]
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DCist.com Launch Monday
Gothamist.com is a popular news blog in New York City that averages over 30,000 unique visitors each day – frequently over 150,000 each week. That site has recently expanded to Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Starting Monday, I’ll be editing with my friend Mike Grass their Washington D.C. site DCist.com, which will enter a […]
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ACLU Plans Temporary Location Near Republican Convention
The New York Civil Liberties Union (affiliated with the national ACLU) has announced they will open a temporary storefront to provide information to media, police, protesters, and the general public about free speech rights and also monitor protest activity during the Republican National Convention in New York City, The storefront is located two blocks from […]