Charles M. Blow tries to stir an alienated nation to use the most basic tool of citizenship, the vote. @CharlesMBlow
Libraries: “We should…be facilitating access to the tools citizens require,” writes @ijclark. Not consumers. http://infoism.co.uk/2014/11/what-if-we-considered-library-users-as-citizens/
“Does the world know yet that we’ll hold up our values and hold our government accountable?” asks Senator McCaskill. http://m.thenation.com/blog/192233-gut-check-moment-its-time-reject-cheneyism
“This is a gut-check moment for our democracy,” says Senator McCaskill of the torture report. http://m.thenation.com/blog/192233-gut-check-moment-its-time-reject-cheneyism
“A white town where my blackness is still constantly pointed out to me as if I am somehow unaware of its existence.” http://thebillfold.com/2014/12/madison-is-a-great-small-liberal-city-unless-youre-black/
John Edwin Mason’s commentaries about The Americans, Robert Frank’s 1950s photographic tour of the dystopian USA. http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/robert-frank/
The @Guardian’s food writer @MsJackMonroe describes the psychic weight of poverty in an eloquent and moving essay. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/10/poverty-unable-open-front-door-food-banks-parliamentary-inquiry
“Misogyny and racism and how these teen boys are being taught to normalize those behaviors.” http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/a-users-guide-to-dealing-with-trolls-on-the-internet
“Take this in, endlessly, is the basic philosophy of our schools. Create nothing. Just listen and learn.” http://smith.smallpict.com/
Semaphore & Cairn 