A recent article from Smithsonian entitled “Are Your Political Beliefs Hardwired?” shared the findings of a recent study at the University of South Carolina, which concluded that the brains of self-identified Democrats and Republicans are wired in different ways. Basically, the scientists found more neural activity in areas of the brain believed to be linked with broad social connectedness in Democrats … Read More
Susan DeFreitas’s Dedication
At the time I’m sitting here writing–Friday morning, November 4th, 2016–people from all over this country have converged on North Dakota in an effort to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Many of those people are Native Americans, whose ancestors endured the very worst colonialism had to offer. All of them are risking arrest to be there; many of them are … Read More
Political Interlude: Standing Rock, Malheur, and the Long Shadow of Colonialism
Even amid the flurry of efforts to promote my first book, even amid the roar of the election season and its various outrages, Standing Rock has been on my heart and mind. Standing Rock, a shorthand term for the largest Native American act of resistance since Wounded Knee, and one of the largest climate actions in history. The Dakota Access … Read More
Political Interlude: An Open Letter to My #StillBernie and #NeverHill Friends
Today, Robert Reich posted the picture above–which, in light of Bernie Sanders’s recent endorsement, sums up my feelings exactly. But not all of my friends feel the same, especially those younger and to the left of me (which is really quite left indeed). I think there’s a great danger in assuming that everyone who’s on the other side of the … Read More
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