Directly beneath Straub’s of Clayton Rd., interns Atif Shamail and Shehmin Awan nervously packed up the vacuum in their executive director’s office. The rest of the CAIR team and early guests-turned-volunteers lent hands in the lobby for last minute printing, Read More …
Category: Driving Change
Trump Fatigue?
In the aftermath of Trump’s address to Congress a recent story on Yahoo News (link below) addressed the mood of those opposing Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Trump drew some praise as he behaved more adult than childish. Variety Read More …
How to Speak to Your Neighbors: Reframing Values
We Progressive Democrats (“PDs”) have values that inform our hearts and minds about our political landscape. Dare say, inclusion, fairness, honesty and justice are chief among them. Conservatives have values, too: Ones different from ours, but no less valid. Values Read More …
Across America, a growing number of people are using this small-scale forum to make their voices heard, drawing comparisons to the Tea Party movement
Democratic Strategy Session Hosted By Deb Lavender
When you need a bolus of political hope injected directly into your heart – like now– go to one of State Representative Deb Lavender’s strategy meetings. Even if you are not in her district, go! On Saturday, February 25th, Representative Read More …
The GOP Plan
Back near the beginning of the 1980’s I joined a new beer distributorship as sales manager. The owners included a college friend (who had even been in my wedding) and the business plan looked pretty good. Months later I found Read More …