Universities with multibillion dollar endowments withholding livable wages from their own grad students; Studio executives who make hundreds of millions of dollars a year resisting giving livable wages to their writers; A third of Americans living economically unstable lives; 1 million homeless children in America’s public schools; A higher poverty rate in the United States by far than in any other advanced democracy —- The sooner we collectively recognize that something has gone too far, that the system as it is is not working, the sooner we will collectively rise to the challenge of embracing and fostering fundamental change.

I’ll be in East Palestine on Tuesday. I look forward to meeting people there to hear about their experiences and insights.

Deeply grateful the Supreme Court blocked the execution of Richard Glossip. apnews.com/article/supreme-c…

My full appearance on @cspanwj: c-span.org/video/?527855-5/m…

Are we a nation of the people, by the people, for the people... or not?

Yes, totally. There is no entertainment industry without those who write the shows. Writers should be among those who reap the rewards. They should not be nickled and dimed by Hollywood executives whose business model allows them to legally exploit. Solidarity with writers💙

I hope King Charles reads this letter from Julian Assange. I hope the whole world reads it. declassifieduk.org/a-kingly-…

My conversation with David Sirota about the 2024 election...jacobin.com/2023/05/marianne…

Your talking points are incorrect. Eugene and RFK did NOT cause the incumbent to lose. They did, however, contribute to LBJ dropping out of the race and convincing the country that the Viet Name was a bad idea. A big win for the country. Teddy Kennedy did not cause Carter to lose. Ronald Reagan did that. You're confusing correlation with causation, as they want you to do.

Excuse me...?

When I was young, Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy challenged the sitting president, LBJ. No one thought it was weird for them to do so. In 1980, Teddy Kennedy challenged the sitting president, Jimmy Carter. No one thought it was weird for him to do so. People simply thought that was the democratic process. Because it is. The narrative that there's something *wrong* with challenging an incumbent president - as though there's an unwritten rule that it's a bad idea - is ridiculous. It's part of the "but it has to be this way" illusion by which political elites have trained people to limit our political imaginations for decades. People should run who feel moved to run, and everyone should have a chance to hear their ideas. Three people are running for the Democratic nomination in 2024 and three people should be seen together on a debate stage. *That* is the democratic way.

Um, the Gettysburg Address

Wow!