I hope you will excuse an unusual Thanksgiving message, but it’s unusual times. It’s about my experience with secondary trauma from the last couple of months — so read this with whatever gentleness you need, and feel free to pause if anything hits too close to home. I noticed something strongly amiss when I went to my daughter’s friend’s birthday party. It was at a loud indoor gym with kids screaming with glee. The sound waves hit me and immediately I shrugged off the other parents and found a quiet corner. I wanted to be alone. And in my alone… Read full email…

We wanted to alert you to two active campaigns that have reached a fever pitch. In short, we’re asking you to join boycotts against Starbucks, Target, Amazon, Home Depot.The boycotts are being organized through two national campaigns: the ‘We Ain’t Buying It‘ economic boycott of companies aligning with Trump’s regime, and ‘No Contract, No Coffee‘, the national Starbucks workers strikes. We Ain’t Buying It Starting on Thanksgiving, through Cyber Monday (Nov 27–Dec 1), organizers across the country are saying loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It. We’re refusing to shop at Target for caving to attacks on DEI, Amazon for… Read full email…

I came out of a training and checked-in with a friend. Rapidly she updated me with the latest: Marjorie Taylor was quitting and Mamdani had both called Trump a fascist to his face and gotten Trump to say he would happily live in a New York City under Mamdani’s mayorship. We’re indeed in a new phase of the struggle against authoritarianism in the U.S. — and it’s important to name it, track it, and adjust our bearings accordingly. We’ve shaken off the early months of shock, the steamrolled losses, and are now showing we can (sometimes) defend — such as… Read full email…

Despite being ordered by a Judge, Trump’s regime has refused to fully fund SNAP, the food services for 40+ million US Americans. “They tried to use hungry kids as political pawns instead of coming to the table to reopen the government. Shameful,” explained Sen. Chris Van Hollen. Trump could fund SNAP right now. Instead, his regime is terrorizing our communities by fighting it in courts. A caring journalist would ask the question: How many people are dying from this very preventable policy? In this context, we are releasing a new report examining the death toll from Trump’s policies since his… Read full email…

A Memo on Care for New Parents, Caregivers, Those Managing Mental Health, and Others Needing “Time Away” (If this message isn’t for you, perhaps you know someone who needs it.) In the last month, three pregnant people reached out and said some version of: “I’m so excited to be a new parent and to take time with my newborn. But if there’s anything I can do to help the movement, please don’t hesitate to call me.” I love that impulse — the fierce devotion to stay connected. Yes, the situation is dire. And yet in dire moments, it can feel… Read full email…

On Saturday, an estimated 7 million people poured into the streets to say it loud and clear: No Kings. (No Kings snarks this is 14x larger than both of Trump’s inaugurations combined.) From Anchorage to Atlanta, from tiny towns to huge city squares, the message echoed across the nation — a call back to the founders’ defiance of tyranny and forward to a people-powered democracy. With over 2,700 cities and towns, the movement continues to break further and further into Trump’s support. As Erica Chenoweth’s and colleagues’ data shows, the protests are the most geographically widespread in US history —… Read full email…

Today I published an article in Waging Nonviolence chronicling “How the Disney boycott beat the FCC’s censorship push.” It’s an important story to tell — because it tells a key winning story. Few know that the boycott moved over 1.7 million unsubscribes (!) — we are not alone. Reminders that we’re part of a bigger “we” are important — another reason we hope to see you all at your local October 18th No Kings action. And for cities facing National Guard deployments, I wrote this guide “So the National Guard is (or might be) coming to your city?” Yes, we’ll… Read full email…