Mar 30, 2016 | Centrism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Quartz (March 30, 2016)
With many months to go before the conclusion of the US presidential primaries, battles lines in the Democratic party have become deeply entrenched. Just as right-wingers love to claim that Hillary Clinton is a radical liberal disguised as a moderate, so too are many progressives inclined to see her as a conservative corporatist whose liberal stances merely pander to the Democratic Party base.... Read Original Article
Mar 29, 2016 | Education, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, mic, Race and Racism
Published: The Good Men Project (March 29, 2016)
Let’s talk, for a moment, about the Wall of Hate.
It may not look like much, but it was enough to grab my attention as I walked home from the Fairchild-Martindale Library at Lehigh University. Various students were standing in front of it with markers, scribbling words that I could not as of yet discern, and several more were present to hand out pamphlets and talk to curious passersby.... Read Original Article
Mar 26, 2016 | Centrism, Conservativism, Extremism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Political Ideologies
Published: The Good Men Project (March 26, 2016)
“The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion—it is an evil government.”... Read Original Article
Mar 24, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Internet Culture, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (March 24, 2016)
There was an interesting debate at the University of Pennsylvania this week. TheFoundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, hosted a panel discussion on the effectiveness of hashtag activism.
The debate featured Zeynep Tufekci, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Zellie Imani, an educator whose protest career was forged in the literal fire of the Ferguson protests.... Read Original Article
Mar 24, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, mic
Published: The Good Men Project (March 24, 2016)
When my first article was picked up by Mic in February 2012, I thought that my dream of becoming a political columnist had finally started to come true. I wasn’t wrong, but I never anticipated one turn that my career was destined to take.... Read Original Article
Mar 22, 2016 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: Salon (March 22, 2016), The Good Men Project (March 19, 2016)
Shame on you, President Obama, for trying to undermine Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
As The New York Times reported on Thursday, Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors in Austin, TX that they needed to unite behind Hillary Clinton because Sanders would soon have to end his presidential bid.... Read Original Article
