"A central grievance motivating today’s conservative legal movement — and the Republican Party more broadly — holds that any measure rectifying the country’s habitual discrimination against minorities actually discriminates against the in-group... Civil liberties are a zero-sum game..."

A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires: The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap. inthesetimes.com/article/stra...

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

The KS Fair Maps event was standing room only last night! The fight is only beginning. If you are a Kansas resident we need you to: 1) Sign the petition against redistricting.(Link in comments) 2) Contact your senators and representatives and tell them NO NEW MAPS! 3) Tell all your Kansas friends!

We hope you can join us for Listening with the Shared Heart of Community: A Mini Mindfulness Retreat with Mickey Caruso-Yahne & Julia Billquist Saturday Nov. 22, 2025 from 10 am - 1 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church in Kansas City mindfulness-alliance.punchpass.com/classes/1861...

"The Serenity Prayer isn’t wrong. But for this civic moment, we need something fiercer—something that reminds us the line between possible and impossible is discovered through active exploration, not assumed in advance or found through reflection" paultshattuck.substack.com/p/the-sereni...

A moving read about nonviolent resistance. substack.com/home/post/p-...

On the necessity of mistakes and the courage in sharing what we learn from them + the collective power of redirecting resources toward activities, entities, and policies that strengthen our collective well-being open.substack.com/pub/insideou...

Do you feel steamrolled some days? United there are too many of us to roll over www.nokings.org

“Whether it's targeting Jimmy Kimmel, James Comey, Letitia James, or the millions of everyday people exercising their rights to free speech, this administration's efforts to prosecute, bully, & intimidate will only strengthen the People's resolve to exercise our freedoms and defend our democracy.”

Peoples lives like so many disposable chess pieces for rich and powerful old men www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

"Mean policy — cutting access to food and education — seems to produce mean people. We are more connected than many care to admit, no matter how many walls and gated communities we build. We fixate on symptoms but avoid causes." kansasreflector.com/2025/10/09/i...

Do you feel steamrolled some days? www.nokings.org

Passing this along for a friend - bet some of you could use some catharsis aim-well.org

The “Public Lands Rule” makes clear that conservation - access to nature, protection of cultural resources, wildlife habitat, and action on climate change - is an essential use. We have until November 10 to make our voices heard to stop the giveaway of our public lands to corporate polluters

For those who think we can survive 4 years of this: among the many harms, check out Trump's “emergency” order to swiftly fell trees across the US’s network of national forests, spanning 280 million acres

Little by little, day by day

Chicago lawsuit against Noem for indiscriminate use of force by "federal agents": Pastor shot 7x in head and torso w/ chemical projectiles while in traditional posture of prayer Retired union painter w/ emphysema, COPD gassed, disoriented by flash grenades falls and vomits from breathlessness

A special recitation of Dr. King's 1956 sermon "When Peace Becomes Obnoxious" narrated by The Frontline challenging us all to seek a new framing of Peace www.youtube.com/live/4WOKyWH...

Buyers remorse?

On top of ripping away Americans' health care, Donald Trump is using this shutdown to hurt federal workers. Federal workers like this one, who told me her story after being needlessly fired earlier this year, deserve so much better.

How can we not know each other? We have the same mother and father... youtu.be/qtcatMfPFb4?...

Kansas City is still a jazz town with cozy venues for absorbing accoustical healing. This show was at Westport Theater Sunday night and the cover was only $10 westportcoffeehouse.com. Catch free shows at Music House School www.musichouseschool.com/concert-events

❤️‍🔥 Omara 🇨🇺 Cuba ❤️ PBS video.kansascitypbs.org/video/omara-...

A disturbed man and his fanatical advisors are making potentially life-threatening decisions on the basis of what he sees on television. We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information

Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers "practical insights and a grounded sense of hope for how communities, nations, and economies can transition toward a sustainable, equitable future." You can also listen on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music open.spotify.com/episode/7JIb...

We know how to work with gang violence and its not with more violence. Have you read Tattoos On the Heart by Father Greg Boyle? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXN3...

Two people very much worth listening to, in an important conversation. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

This is old, but it is something to consider: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) “Asset Forfeiture Handbook" theintercept.com/2017/10/13/i...

Kansas could soon follow the path of our neighbors in Missouri and redraw Congressional maps. Get more info and sign the petition against redrawing maps here: www.ksfairmaps.org

Facing what is here is an act of courage that we might want to consider celebrating because its isn’t required, but it is what is needed. insideoutrevolution.substack.com/p/the-power-...

Every person is a person. A little inspiration from the not so long ago past. www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

"And if enough people use [this map], the narrow, brambled paths of lawful resistance may widen into roads again, until the fences we’ve built inside our own heads begin to come down. You’ll still need courage––no one can give you that." www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/a-tyrant-is-...

Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.

The broligarchs have been quietly doing that for a while now. www.weilandfarms.com/blog/why-are...

Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter: "There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"

Leonardo is a US citizen and construction worker who has been detained twice during raids at his place of work. Both times, Leo told the officers he was a citizen and showed them his REAL ID, but the officers still wouldn’t let him go. ij.org/case/alabama...

Don't you know that it's time to get on board? youtu.be/aUXSVnGsYyY?...

“I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected. Is he correct?” - Judge William G. Young

Current situation

What's on our minds today?

“You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire. Once the flames begin to catch, the wind will blow it higher.” – Peter Gabriel, Biko youtu.be/jWNEr4eHL18?...

Wondering what veterans feel about Hegseth's assertion that military folks don't belong in "polite society", whatever that means - and Trump's assertion that we're under invasion from within by "animals" www.youtube.com/live/L6ZYK8c...

Wondering what the majority of veterans think about the "true" purpose, identity and pride of the military being warfare - and certain big cities in the U.S. becoming the military's warfare training grounds...

Sierra Club report calls out Kansas utility Evergy for failing to meet climate goals | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Gorgeous flowers at Parkville's Nature Sanctuary in MO this weekend. A lovely place to hike and was it hopping with the beautiful weather on Sunday.

Savor the Season: Mindfulness Lessons from Nature with Jeanie Bunker & Julia Billquist Saturday Oct 11, 2025 from 10 am – 1:30 pm at Shawnee Mission Park mindfulness-alliance.punchpass.com/classes/1842...

Wise words about the truth of change - there will always be work to be done. “I know she has a circle of friends and family who are observing her actions, and they love her enough to pay attention. She has a shot to move folks over. She has work to do, but she is on the path.” - Jess Piper

Complicated with barriers if we want to go solar in this place, but quick and easy to build another nuclear power plant. I wonder why ($$$)? Gotta be ready for those mega-projects www.kcur.org/environment-...