Readings and occasional commentary
- Rick Perlstein, Peter’s Choice
- Cathy O’Neil, Creepy Tech That Will Turbocharge Fake News
- Yael Eisenstat, The Shocking Affront of Donald Trump’s C.I.A. Stunt
- Austin Frakt, Blame Technology, Not Longer Life Spans, for Health Spending Increases
- Jen Hedler Phillis, Missing the Point (“We can’t take down Trump’s cabinet picks with technocratic zingers. We have to fight the radical right-wing ideas that animate them.”)
- Robert Reich, The Life of the Party: 7 Truths for Democrats
- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, How to Build a Mass Movement (“To build a mass movement against Trump, we have to engage newcomers productively.”)
- Mike the Mad Biologist, Tolerance Is A Peace Treaty And A Social Compact, Nothing More
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Loving Your Enemies [Ed.: We must have the good sense to dim the lights.]