Finally…an explanation to the gnawing question of why people support trump. In the Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Psychologist and UC Santa Cruz professor Thomas Pettigrew presents five major psychological phenomena can help us understand why people still support trump. 1. Authoritarian Personality Syndrome: The syndrome is often triggered by fear, making it easy for leaders
In a time of poor to disgusting behavior by men (and some women), thank goodness for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He formally and publically apologized to both the LGBTQ community and indigenous people for past atrocities. Is there anyone in the US as good as Justin Trudeau to be our president??? I invite you
The 45th president of the US once against embarrassed the hell out of our country and (again) made a fool of himself. He denigrated families of Navajo war veteranspublically and in such a bizarre manner, demeaning their work with an unbreakable code that helped the U.S. win World War II. The nephew of one of the
The holiday is over and the Senate comes back from recess today with one goal: pass tax cuts for their billionaire donors and wealthy families like the Trumps. That means we have just one weekly to-do for you this week: defeat the #TrumpTaxScam. Call or go to your senators’ offices. They must vote against this bad bill! I invite
From writing coach Sheila Bender: 2017 has been a tumultuous year in our country and in the world. Although unrest, instability, and tragedy have diverted our focus, it has also made it clear that now is the time to tell our stories of love, of survival, sometimes, too, of loss, and always of the joys of
On this Harvest Festival day, I remember the First Nation peoples whose lives were significantly altered forever when the pilgrims arrived to this continent. That said, I acknowledge my thankfulness, gratitude, and love for my wife Kelly, for my family and friends, and for my good health. I am also thankful for those women and
From Sarah Schulman: “Probably the central question of our time is: Why do people not care what is true? We are living this crisis regarding everything we hold dear: The destruction of the earth, the collapse of a social contract, legal rights to access and protection, the right to be bodily safe. I have a proposal