My heart feels sorrow that every single year I post the words below because they are vitally necessary. We need a revolution of values. Badly. This year, I hope each of us pledges to do our best to make the world more equitable and just. We can do this in ways both large and small. We can be kinder to each other. We can educate ourselves on the ways of systemic injustice. We can work to topple the racist and criminal drug war and prison industrial complex. We can stare down r

This was written on the 50 year anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the day of Dr. King’s “Dream” speech. Martin Luther King’s dream was not just about harmony among various people. It was a dream of justice. A dream of equity. A dream of everyone having a job. A dream of an end to war. King’s dream was a vision of love in action. We still don’t have justice, equity, jobs, or an end to war. Racism, injustice, oppression, transphobia, torture, economic