From the moment coronavirus hit, the Grab Your Wallet Alliance began hearing from a wide variety of workers about the conditions in which they are being asked to do their jobs right now. While many are facing the prospect of having their hours reduced to zero or losing employment altogether…

I’m an easy follow on Twitter. I’ll often follow someone just because they cracked a good joke or have an interesting sounding job. Some of my recent follows include an accordion historian, a woman who claimed “I’m so liberal, the trees hug me,” and a guy whose bio is just…

A few weeks ago, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. That same evening, I found myself in a good natured argument with a friend about whether or not he’s qualified for the job. Her position, in a nutshell, was that being…

The #GrabYourWallet boycott launched October 11, 2016 in the wake of the release of the Access Hollywood tape. Since it began, the boycott has been organized around this list. Historically, there have been a few different ways a company could find itself on it. If a company had a financial…

Note: this story was published in the fall of 2018 in advance of the midterm elections. The 32 Democratic candidates and one independent on this list had one thing in common: in 2018, they were all running in especially tight U.S. House, U.S. Senate and U.S. governorship races. Since their…

Update 9/6/18: we did it. https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/6/17829188/twitter-permanently-suspension-infowars-alex-jones = = = = This article is a Medium-based version of a viral Twitter thread I wrote about a very specific way we can encourage Twitter’s leadership to drop Alex Jones from its platform. So many people have participated in this action in a…

Lately the marketplace of ideas feels like an especially rough place for a woman to be. Various self appointed authorities have been turning our bodies into callous thought experiments. First we heard Kevin Williamson contemplate the various punishments women should endure for having an abortion, including hanging. Then, in the…