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What’s So Bad about Gerrymandering (and What the Heck Is It)?

Greg Guma September 8, 2025 Greg Guma

Political maps are “gerrymandered” if they increase one party’s advantage or provide “incumbent protection.” And the boundary lines look strange.

Greg Guma (https://substack.com/@mavmedia)

Most people know that more than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers recently relocated — some say “fled” — to Illinois to prevent the Texas legislature from achieving quorum and passing laws. It was also hard to avoid hearing about Governor Greg Abbott’s response to that — threats to call “special session after special session after special session” on a redistricting bill. read more

Time to Reverse Course and Change the Conversation from Doomsday to Peace Day

bbytes January 15, 2025 bbytes

The Doomsday Clock is about to be reset on January 28. In this unique moment of time between the LA fires, the implementation of the Trump agenda, and the setting of the Doomsday Clock, we invite you to consider moving the agenda from fear to friendship, as Alice Slater proposes below. Robin Lloyd, editor

Remembering Armistice Day

bbytes November 22, 2024 bbytes

Historian/activist Sandra Baird remembers Armistice Day – the 11th hour of the11th Day of the 11th month of 1918 – called Remembrance day in Canada – and now Veterans Day in the US. Baird calls out to young people: “make sure your young lives are not wasted in the struggle of the empires of elites. If the sacrifice must be made let it be made for the battle to end all wars….”

An Important Message to Our Readers

Toward Freedom Editor October 29, 2020 Toward Freedom Editor

The Toward Freedom Board of Directors welcomes Charlotte Dennett as our Guest Editor.

Charlotte joins us as a seasoned journalist and editor who was recently hailed as “an expert in resource-based politics” by Time magazine for her coverage of politics and resource wars in the Middle East. Her latest book, The Crash of Flight 3804 : A Lost Spy, A Daughter’s Quest, and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for OiI is an important piece of literature for its historical reporting and personal investigation into the death by plane crash of her father, America’s first master-spy in the Middle East. read more

Black food spaces seed sovereignty

Eva Hershaw June 30, 2020 Eva Hershaw

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for resilient and adaptable food systems.

Electronic Resistance

Luke Thomas May 19, 2005 Luke Thomas

Young Iranians go digital in their quest for freedom

The fundamentalists’ landslide victory in Iran’s recent “free” elections disheartened Western observers. The CIA declared that the lopsided outcome points to a new era of repression by the country’s clerical regime. In blocking fair elections, clerical hard-liners drove dissent online, lighting up thousands of alternate channels of communication.

In Iran, the Internet is becoming the most successful way to work around oppression. It gives ordinary people access to real news and information. They can express their opinions freely and communicate with Iranians around the world. read more