Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Go High – Keeping the High Ground In Trump’s America
“When they go low, we go high.” One of the defining and most enduring phrases of the 2016 Democratic convention. A phrase that evokes an image of people seeking the higher moral ground. Not falling to pettiness. Standing up for their principles over politics. For my money, it was the best speech of the whole…
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Size Matters and Alternative Facts
From Twitter wars to “alternative facts” this administration seems like they’ll do anything to prop up the ego of their supreme leader.
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Resistance is not Futile
Millions of people marched in solidarity Saturday, just a day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This is the beginning of the resistance. We have to be there to help nurture it so it will grow
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Democrats need leadership from bottom to top
An era of prosperity ends on January 20th, replaced by an era of twitterstorms and uncertainty. To win in the future, we’ve got to organize now.
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Thanks Obama!
Next week, our country will inaugurate its 45th President. While that event is both sad and terrifying, hopefully the next four years will show us just how good we’ve had it the past eight, so some crazy shit like this doesn’t happen again for a really long time. I don’t know about you, but I’m…
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Media Maelstrom: Context is Key
Its funny how just a few words, reported without a whole lot of context, can drive perceptions about a news story. Such is the case in the coverage of former Memphis Mayor Herenton’s speech at Mayor Strickland’s prayer breakfast last weekend.