An Appeal To All Who Bleed
Who are the people we pass every day, and why are they here? An appeal to remember that immigrants are our neighbors, and that we all bleed.
Minneapolis witness Stella Carlson breaks her silence on Alex Pretti’s killing
Local Minneapolis resident Stella Carlson, the woman seen in the background of multiple videos of the fatal federal shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, has now spoken publicly for the first time. Carlson was wearing a distinctive pink coat and filming on her phone as the shooting unfolded. She described what she witnessed in…
The Killing of Alex Pretti Should Be the Breaking Point
Alex Pretti’s death shows what happens when armed federal agents are given political cover to operate above the law and the public is told to ignore what it can plainly see. When the state kills in public and lies about it afterward, neutrality is no longer an option.
The Rhetoric of Fear: Trump, Deportations, and Demagoguery
I think – I fervently hope – that these tactics and the whole strategy of fear-mongering will fail over time. Our history argues that, in America, the pendulum almost invariably swings back to common sense and tolerance after the fever breaks.
