Beautifully written.

Excellent article... I wonder how the low turn out in this election echoes the national elections... Trump won because people are sick of the two party is really one scam system and saw Hillary as a main cog in it. Not saying that is so simple or correct but without campaign finance, serious laws to stop folks from…

The problem here is the lunacy of March municipal elections. Yesterday, here in Los Angeles - a city of >4million, we re-elected our mayor with 202,000 votes. That’s not a spread - that’s what he got to win! Technically it was a primary, but as he won 85% of the vote, it’s done. (So doing the math, less than 5% of the…

My county is like this. A lot of complaining about the cronyism that runs rampant, but when it’s time to vote for change, no one turns up.

And the GOP knows that and is counting on the various liberal factions to be disjointed enough to not coalesce around a platform and theme before the mid term and possibly the next presidential election. And that’s probably a safe bet after watching the last few months.

The lack of turnout all over the country, but especially in places rocked by turmoil like St. Louis and Baltimore, is extremely troubling. People consider this a “Democratic” problem since these are registered Democrats who don’t bother to turn out, but the problem is deeper than party politics. People are so…

There are countries where election days are national holidays (on the federal level, anyway), at least in Europe. If only that kind of thinking would come to the New World. That would likely get those interested in voting, but without much free time, a prime opportunity to get involved.

Darn it! I started to stay home. I feel like a bit of a loser for coming to work at a job I don’t even like. *rolls eyes*

The Root is one of the few portions of Kinja that moves in the (for me) early hours of the morning. I’m already missing your content so I guess the strike is effective!

I’ll miss y’all for today.

Stay safe.

Some people just need a break and help to get out of the revolving door of the prison system. Hope he turns this into a positive and doesn’t go back down the bad path.

They are one of the few (you could almost say minuscule) things to still like about ESPN. Other than them, it’s pretty much a dumpster fire all around.

This is what I need in my life right at this moment. 🎶sometimes my pillow gets so wet with tears, I don’t got no one to call my own, I want you back baaaaabae!!!!🎶