By Samuel Warde on March 26, 2015
Activism, Internet trolls, Online Safety
Activism, Domestic Violence, Facebook, Online Safety
If you have been around social media at all (and face it – who isn’t these days?) you have likely come across an internet troll1. You know, someone who seems to thrive on annoying the rest of us who are content to go about our business calmly and collected. Those of us who engage online […]
By Samuel Warde on March 12, 2015
#GOPWantsWar, Activism, Twitter, Twitterbomb
Activism, Republican Logic, Republicans, Twitter
The hashtag #GOPWantsWar is now trending on Twitter in response to the #47Saboteurs who sent that absurd letter to Iran. If you are like me, and sick and tired of being sick and tired of #GOP-Warmongering, come on over to twitter and join the fun. Let’s show those #47Idiots what liberals and progressives can accomplish […]
By Samuel Warde on February 22, 2015
Activism, Human Interest, LGBT, Social Justice
Activism, Extraordinary People, Human Interest, LGBT, Social Justice
You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be. KATU reported in February 2013 that the Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement office received a complaint in January of that year and was investigating allegations […]
By Samuel Warde on January 20, 2015
Activism, Madison Kimrey, Martin Luther King, Speeches, Videos
Activism, Speeches, Videos
Madison Kimrey, one of the nation’s youngest political activists, delivered this speech on Martin Luther King as a part of the 10th annual “Blessed are the Peacemakers” program in Freeland, Washington. South Whidbey Record reports that “Kimrey, age 13, rose to prominence when she articulated a passionate refute of North Carolina state governor Pat McCrory’s […]
By Samuel Warde on December 15, 2014
#BlackLivesMatter, Activism, CNN, Videos
Activism, Right Wing Hatred, Twitter, Videos
The nation is exploding in coast-to-coast protests in the wake of the recent killings of unarmed black men and a 12-year-old boy by white police and the failure of two grand juries to indict the officers involved with two of those recent deaths. On Saturday CNN hosts Margaret Hoover, Sunny Hostin, Sally Kohn and Mel […]