In a fairly confined space, surrounded by a lot of other governors who either fear or idolize Donald Trump, Maine Gov. Janet Mills was openly defiant toward the would-be king Donnie. This is not an easy thing. A U.S. president can be intimidating under the best of circumstances, and these aren’t the best circumstances because …
We are living in deeply unsettling and downright scary times. For younger Americans, particularly those of us under 60, we have never experienced anything like what is going on in our country. Despite knowing what was possible under a second Trump term, to see progress that we assumed would last forever being brutally, systematically, and …
Once upon a time, when I would get annoyed by someone’s actions—particularly online—I would feel the immediate need to respond, but with age comes the ability to sit with things. To think about whether it’s just my ego talking and to decide if it’s really an issue worth addressing openly. It turns out that if …