NO on the Save America Act! Democracy is not saved by restricting the vote. It is saved by empowering all to exercise our sacred right to vote.

One crisis down. Three more rising. But we are not playing Whac A Mole. Mary McLeod Bethune chose what to build. So can we. Read:

MUST READ from @nhannahjones.bsky.social today. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

You should smile more. Most women know that moment. This week’s MFW names sexism in real time. A culture that polices women’s smiles deserves to see our teeth.

Today’s TX Feminist Sundays comes from my hometown in Auburn, AL. We learned to sew the names of the enslaved as Ms. Dorry sang love into the room. 🎥

Joy is an Act of RESISTANCE!!! This is my Moral Feminist Witness writing from an ICE protest where music, movement, and laughter became acts of power. 👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/ginnybrowndaniel/p/joy-is-our-resistance?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

What can puzzles teach us about living in the long middle of this moment? This week’s TX Feminist Sundays reflection is about staying, breathing, & remaining human.

This week’s Moral Feminist Witness centers women speaking truth from inside detention—and what practicing witness asks of those of us who are not confined. Read here: 👉

Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social! They have been on my mind and spirit! We in H-town are ready to demand their release with you!

Thank you, @brucespringsteen.net

I wrote the following piece for Baptist News Global. We are in America’s unfinished civil war. It is a moral civil war that demands us to conquer our sin of white supremacy and white Christian nationalism in order to restore the soul of our beloved nation. baptistnews.com/article/amer...

This week’s #TXFeministSundays post is about how we prepare for stormy weather — literal and political.

Beyond fight or flight. A new Thursday reflection on Moral Feminist Witness—choosing wisdom over urgency in a fractured moment. Read here:

This playlist is growing! Be Good ~ Songs for Taking Our Place is a shared collection of music for grounding, courage, and staying when the work feels heavy. 🎧 Listen and add your song here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6z7VExkTz4Lau23dquVRIa What’s helping you take your place this week?

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let us demand a just society, inspired by his courage to resist, his vision of equality, and his unwavering belief that freedom is won through relentless action.

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

This week’s TX Feminist Sundays is a shared playlist of freedom songs and grounding music. Read & add your song:

How do we remain rooted in unsteady times? This week’s TX Feminist Sundays post sits with presence, courage, and staying human. #TXFeministSundays Read here:

What happened in Minneapolis today is an inexcusable tragedy. My heart is with the victim's family and loved ones. One thing is clear: ICE is out of control. We have to listen to local leaders warning that ICE is putting communities in danger. ICE must leave Minneapolis now.

I’m excited to share the launch of Bird’s Eye Impact, a consulting practice I co-founded with Allison Gower. This work reflects decades of leadership across faith, nonprofit, and civic spaces, and a commitment to strengthening the systems that support meaningful work. www.birdseyeimpact.com

Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists. It's an assault on American democracy.

I’m beginning a new weekly reflection series: TX Feminist Sundays This first piece is about how to live through injustice without losing yourself—and how we stay human together in unsteady times. Rooted in Texas, open to all. ginnybrowndaniel.substack.com

... that’s Step Three in the autocrat's playbook. In our democracy, actions of this magnitude and decisions about what happens next, must go through Congress - not be dictated by a president who admires authoritarians and rules like one.

Foreign policy is not the personal domain of a president. Congress has a constitutional role to serve as the voice of the people and a restraint on power. One of the oldest moves in the authoritarian playbook is to sideline the legislature and strip away checks and balances...

Nicolás Maduro is a brutal dictator who has caused immense suffering. However, the way to fight authoritarianism abroad is not to embrace it at home.

As 2025 ends, I wrote this reflection on what survival, blessing, and community looked like in a year that felt impossibly long. open.substack.com/pub/ginnybro...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled the Texas National Guard must return to Texas where they belong. Once again, the courts rejected Trump's authoritarianism. Gov. Abbott should have never supported the use of the National Guard as political props. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

On this day in 1917, the U.S. Army executed 13 Black soldiers who were sentenced to death and denied any right to appeal for defending themselves after a white mob attacked them.

Environmental racism at work here in TX.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports on how tourism in Montgomery and across Alabama continues to grow, and the role EJI's Legacy Sites have played in the sustained growth and economic development.

Meet two heroes of our times.

I wrote the following to say - World AIDS Day isn’t just a date on the calendar. It is an inheritance—one I carry, one many of us carry, and one we are responsible for tending with clarity, courage, and love. open.substack.com/pub/ginnybro...

I looked Trump's Education Secretary Linda McMahon dead in the eye and asked, “Do you think you can shut down the Department of Education?” She said, “No, I don’t have the legal authority to do that.” Yet here we are. Linda McMahon should resign.

Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Gov. Greg Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.

1/3 🔴 It’s Red Shawl Day 👉 4 out of 5 Native women experience violence in their lifetime 👉 Homicide is in the TOP 5 leading causes of death for Native girls and women (age 10-34). 🚨 This is a crisis 🚨 #RedShawlDay #MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 Spirit)

7/Portland has reclaimed the frog as a symbol of its resistance to Trump’s efforts to militarize the city. Perhaps women should claim the glamorous, sassy Muppet Miss Piggy, a known diva with a fierce karate chop, as their own symbol

The sexist water in which we are currently wading is despicable and starts/ends with the current president. Where is the condemnation from the White House Correspondents’ Association? Professionally and ethically unacceptable! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What does yoga and living through this moment in our nation have in common? I'm glad you asked! Keep calm and steady! open.substack.com/pub/ginnybro...

Thank you, @texasmonthly.bsky.social for highlighting this story of Mr. Traore.

A win! Trump administration ordered to pay SNAP benefits during shutdown. Thank you Judge John J. McConnell!

Folks the short answer to why government is shut down: GOP holds White House, House, and Senate; refuses to compromise; does Trump's bidding; and doesn't care about the damage to our country or people's lives. End of story.

What would Molly Ivins say about this nonsense? 💩

I wrote this piece to make meaning out of my deep grief over the demolition of the East Wing of OUR White House. I found unexpected hope from Nikki Giovanni's poem, Quilts, and in the quilts of survival and community we’ve all inherited. open.substack.com/pub/ginnybro...

This is what democracy looks like in the Woodlands, TX (north Houston)! #nokings #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike

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Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina. Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy. So much for America First.

"The news hasn't changed a thing," Claudia Corletto writes about her morning commute along a Houston bayou. bit.ly/4n0hsSs

George Edward Pickett wrote that if he ever captured a Black soldier, "I should have caused him to be immediately executed." Pickett did not believe Black people could be equal to white people. A military base in Virginia once again bears his name.

More than 50 years later, hate crimes laws have expanded: 💥 46 states + D.C. protect against bias based on race, ethnicity or religion. 💥 34 states + D.C. protect sexual orientation. 💥 34 states + D.C. protect disability.