I walk to the dark wood blinds that have become the horizontal bars of my prison. Four of the perky Catholic ladies from Bunko bounce by wearing short shirts and leggings that accentuate the curve of their bums.
The carpet begins to scratch my feet from standing so long. Sherwyn Williams Farmclay walls smell of Mr. Clean and the new dust settling on the blinds catches my attention. It sparkles and floats like little shooting stars onto the tops of my jail bars….
Read MoreWestern culture has disconnected us from living in the present and created mass anxiety. Our collective ethical compass has been lost, and in its place we find an obsession with consumption as a means of personal fulfillment. Collective anxiety is a symptom of collective cognitive dissonance. Our choosing to remain on the sidelines and watch oppression only adds to our angst…
Read MoreSomeone should level with American college students. Don't go to college if you can't afford it! We have crossed the college tuition increase tipping point. Student loan debt slavery is crippling this young generation.
Economists predict that students will continue to pay. They won’t. They can’t. Student default rates will create an atmosphere that forces the lending to stop. I am going to tell you what so few will tell you…
Read MoreOriginally published on Daily Kos - Thursday October 27, 2011 · 8:32 AM PDT
The date on the bill is October 26, 2011. House Resolution 3261 (Stop Online Piracy Act- Amended) could spell the end of all the Occupy demonstrations and effectively end the free and open internet as we know it.
Read MoreFor Mother’s Day I decided to give my kids a gift and go to jail for them. I have two beautiful boys who have brought me endless amounts of joy, and sometimes sorrow. They are not awake yet. When they do wake up I expect the usual card and a small handmade gift. I love mothers day and I have kept every little trinket they have glued, sewn, painted and decoupaged.
This year I gave them a gift. I was arrested for fighting for their future. I have worked tirelessly to get our public officials to stop poisoning our air, water and soil
Read MoreI am attending the 2010 Netroots Nation Conference ( a conference for progressive bloggers, activists, advocates and organizers) and I have had two days of surprises. I am active in human rights issues; LGBT rights, environmental justice, poverty and immigration. Immigration issues and undocumented immigration advocacy work have consumed my life for the past two years.
Read Moream a professionally trained painter and I recently had the opportunity to workshop with a man who is teaching groundbreaking social art and demonstration techniques to people across the world. I felt so much joy at being able to apply my skills learned in a college of fine arts to creating an instrument of change. People tell me all the time how much they respect me as an artist and how valuable my talents are. Is my talent truly valued by more than
Read MoreFor the past year I have watched Democrats wage an ever-escalating war against each other. One side unhappy with everything President Obama does (the Progressives) and the other who argues that he is a great President and any criticism of him means you wish he were never elected. One group of people defend to the death every decision by the administration and the other furious that he hasn’t done everything they expected him to do.
Let’s take a time out and breathe through a good reality check. We are two years into a Presidency overshadowed by…
Read MoreThe boogeyman of US Supreme Court Cases is going on right now and very few are paying attention to the case. The outcome of this case could adversely affect food as we know it.
With giant oil spills and Arizona lawmakers making the headlines every night who has time to pay any attention to a teeny Supreme Court Case? Well you should be. Monsanto Co. vs. Geertson could be the scariest case in Supreme Court history…
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