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White boomers, step aside.
We have become the voting block of obstruction. Of racism. Of NIMBYism.
Talking more to white men (who have the political power) more than white women, for sure, but we (WW) put Trump in the WH.
We have become the voting block of obstruction. Of racism. Of NIMBYism.
Talking more to white men (who have the political power) more than white women, for sure, but we (WW) put Trump in the WH.
What happened to the cohort who brought about the end of Vietnam?
Our parents gifted us with Nixon, an unintended consequence of our crucifying LBJ, who birthed the Civil Rights Act.
Our parents gifted us with Nixon, an unintended consequence of our crucifying LBJ, who birthed the Civil Rights Act.
Or were the protesters only a small fraction of their cohort? Was it a media shift (Cronkite) that ended Vietnam?
It was a Republican who warned us about the military-industrial-Congressional complex, a triad that still has a stranglehold on policy and public $ today.
It was a Republican who warned us about the military-industrial-Congressional complex, a triad that still has a stranglehold on policy and public $ today.
It was a Democrat who challenged us to reach the moon.
It was a Democrat who challenged us to consider the plight of our elderly (Social Security).
It was a Democrat who marshalled forces to defeat Hitler.
It was a Democrat who challenged us to consider the plight of our elderly (Social Security).
It was a Democrat who marshalled forces to defeat Hitler.
Think big, as @AOC says. Our grandchildren depend on us to do the right thing.
