Editorials & Other Articles

So many people are hurting right now... if you are scraping by, you can't take time away from your stupid job to go protest...even if you want to. because you need that $ for rent and food! I think many people don't understand the income disparity ond how it really looks on the ground. People in poverty LIVE in fight/flight every DAY... they are just trying to make it... and this govt bS doesn't "affect" them directly until the guards are in the streets. (even if the high costs do affect them, they feel helpless.

I also think a lot of folks are ignorant of their ability to *DO* anything. Short of marching, and making phone calls that never get traction, what CAN we actually do that is within the grasp of those in survival mode? The tarriffs will only make this worse, because people will have to either get a second job, or start doing gig work like door dash ...but eventually we can't ALL be driving for door dash when nobody can afford the stuff!

Personally, I am physically disabled and unable to march. I have tried reaching out to invidisible groups etc and offering my journaism skills to do press releases etc, no reply.

THIS is where we need the dem leadership, IMO. We need an actual DIRECTION ofr our fear and anger to be coalesced into action. I have no idea what that looks like