This summer, patriotic Americans are showing up to demand justice without exception. Learn your rights, stay safe, and speak truth like it’s your job (because it kinda is). This post introduces The Demonstrator’s Field Guide—a free, downloadable tool with legal tips, chants, multilingual cheat sheets, and survival smarts for resisting with heart. Plus a few extra safety tips to help you protect your body and your voice.

You don’t get to claim neutrality while ignoring the pattern—this is how repression starts. When one side demands rights and the other grabs power, they’re not equal. From protest arrests in L.A. to military rallies for Trump’s birthday, this moment isn’t fringe. It’s the center cracking. You don’t have to be loud—but you do have to be clear. Pick a side. Be honest about it. Silence is still participation.

Our town’s Memorial Day parade is a beloved tradition—marching bands, neighbors gathered, veterans honored. But this year, as a student read the Gettysburg Address, I felt the weight of Lincoln’s words in a new way. We remember those who gave their lives for this country—and we must also remember civilians who died fighting for justice here at home. The work they began is not finished. The work is ours still.

Last week, I wrote about The Raven and the feeling of sinking into sorrow. This week, Thunderbolts offered a counterpoint. The newest Marvel film doesn’t show heroes at their best—it shows them broken, grieving, still healing. And it reminds us that showing up anyway is powerful. In a time when mental wellness support is being stripped away, we need stories that say: you still matter. Even in the dark, you’re not alone.

In a world cracking under pressure, the election of Pope Leo XIV—a humble, listening former math teacher—feels like a breach worth watching. This reflection explores two weighty words, synodality and breach, and what they might signal about the future of the Church, leadership, and the quiet power of walking together toward change.

Our kids aren’t broken - outdated systems are. This is a call for fierce parents to resist shame, reject broken infrastructures, and reclaim a thriving future through healthcare and education reform. Our ruins end with us. The future begins now.

American teachers are being pulled in every direction—undervalued, overburdened, and politicized. This blog is a call to support those still showing up with strength and purpose, and a challenge to build something better: a model grounded in evidence, equity, and the shared mission to educate greatness. If you’re ready to resist, reflect, and rebuild—we need you in the room. The future of education depends on it.

Autism isn’t a flaw to be fixed. It’s a different way of seeing, sensing, and surviving in a world that’s shifting fast. This post explores why we need autistic minds now more than ever, pushes back against harmful myths, and challenges the urge to track and "correct" neurodivergent people. What if the problem isn’t the child—but the system they’re asked to conform to? It’s time to stop diagnosing difference and start building better.

Watching Doctor Who Season 14, I saw myself in Lux—a being of light trapped in cartoon form, mistaken for dangerous because he didn’t fit the mold. That’s how it feels to unmask and grow past the version of yourself the world accepts. This post is for anyone ready to stop performing and start remembering who they really are. Because maybe you’re not too much. Maybe you’re just becoming.

Ever hear someone describe a student, coworker, or even your own child as "lazy"? You know the scenario: eyes rolling, deep sigh,...

Monday, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele visited the White House, where he and POTUS chummed it up. Bukele declined to return a...