Jayne Converse

How Citizens United Rewired American Democracy The United States did not become a system where enormous wealth dominates elections overnight.

What They Erased, We Remember:  The United States did not become a system where enormous wealth dominates elections overnight.  - STAY LOUD!

When Women Gain Independence, Power Pushes Back Periods of expanded freedom for women have rarely gone unanswered.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Periods of expanded freedom for women have rarely gone unanswered.  - STAY LOUD!

Words Are Never Just Words The most dangerous moments in history do not usually announce themselves with violence.

What They Erased, We Remember:  The most dangerous moments in history do not usually announce themselves with violence.  - STAY LOUD!

The Consequences of Doing Nothing Fear is real.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Fear is real.  - STAY LOUD!

Why We Show Up. I’ve been thinking a lot about how moments like this are remembered.

What They Erased, We Remember:  I’ve been thinking a lot about how moments like this are remembered.  - STAY LOUD!

Language Is Never Neutral When the State Speaks in Threats: Why Language Is Never Neutral

What They Erased, We Remember:  When the State Speaks in Threats: Why Language Is Never Neutral  - STAY LOUD!

Minority Power in Congress: Why Inaction Is a Choice, Not a Constraint One of the most persistent myths in American politics is that minority parties in Congress are powerless.

What They Erased, We Remember:  One of the most persistent myths in American politics is that minority parties in Congress are powerless.  - STAY LOUD!

Venezuela, Power, and American Intervention When the United States intervenes abroad, Americans are often encouraged to focus on the character of the leader being removed.

What They Erased, We Remember:  When the United States intervenes abroad, Americans are often encouraged to focus on the character of the leader being removed.  - STAY LOUD!

Unlearning the Myth of Universal Rights There’s a comforting belief baked into the American story: even when the country fell short of its ideals, the law itself was still meant to protect people’s rights.

What They Erased, We Remember:  There’s a comforting belief baked into the American story: even when the country fell short of its ideals, the law itself was still meant to protect people’s rights.  - STAY LOUD!

America Wasn’t Born a Democracy. That’s the Myth We Have to Unlearn. We are taught a simple origin story about the United States.

What They Erased, We Remember:  We are taught a simple origin story about the United States.  - STAY LOUD!

Light in the Dark: The Long Winter Before Christmas Modern Christmas often feels timeless, as though it has always existed in its current form.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Modern Christmas often feels timeless, as though it has always existed in its current form.  - STAY LOUD!

Silence Feels Like Complicity This Christmas I almost didn’t write this.

What They Erased, We Remember:  I almost didn’t write this.  - STAY LOUD!

392 Mass Shootings Later, America Still Refuses to Change Note: This video was recorded before authorities publicly identified the suspect in the Brown University shooting.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Note: This video was recorded before authorities publicly identified the suspect in the Brown University shooting.  - STAY LOUD!

From McCarthyism to Algorithms For years, Americans have been told that expanded surveillance and border scrutiny are about safety.

What They Erased, We Remember:  For years, Americans have been told that expanded surveillance and border scrutiny are about safety.  - STAY LOUD!

Stopped at the Finish Line I keep thinking about what it means to reach the end of a long process believing you are finally done, only to be told that the rules have changed at the very last moment.

What They Erased, We Remember:  I keep thinking about what it means to reach the end of a long process believing you are finally done, only to be told that the rules have changed at the very last moment.  - STAY LOUD!

The Supreme Court Is Deciding Who Gets to Be an American Most people have no idea that the Supreme Court is about to rule on a case that could change what it means to be an American.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Most people have no idea that the Supreme Court is about to rule on a case that could change what it means to be an American.  - STAY LOUD!

Five Articles of Impeachment Today I present Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Today I present Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.  - STAY LOUD!

America Flips the Global Order On December 4, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy.

What They Erased, We Remember:  On December 4, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy.  - STAY LOUD!

The Case for Impeaching Hegseth There are moments in American history when the system that was designed to protect us is tested in ways most of us never imagined we would see in our lifetimes.

What They Erased, We Remember:  There are moments in American history when the system that was designed to protect us is tested in ways most of us never imagined we would see in our lifetimes.  - STAY LOUD!

The Real Reason Families Cannot Afford Homes Anymore There is a quiet kind of panic settling over families across the country, and most people feel it long before they can explain it.

What They Erased, We Remember:  There is a quiet kind of panic settling over families across the country, and most people feel it long before they can explain it.  - STAY LOUD!

Trump’s Coalition Is Fracturing and History Tells Us Why Something is shifting inside the Republican Party.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Something is shifting inside the Republican Party.  - STAY LOUD!

Missiles, Fishermen, and a Trillion Dollar Motive Something urgent and deeply unsettling is happening in the Caribbean, and most Americans have only heard a sanitized version of it.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Something urgent and deeply unsettling is happening in the Caribbean, and most Americans have only heard a sanitized version of it.  - STAY LOUD!

Why the Thanksgiving Myth Still Shapes America Most Americans grow up with the same story about Thanksgiving.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Most Americans grow up with the same story about Thanksgiving.  - STAY LOUD!

Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” Are Not a Peace Plan Donald Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” have been described as a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Donald Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” have been described as a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine.  - STAY LOUD!

The Populist Vacuum After Trump Something unusual is happening inside the Republican Party.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Something unusual is happening inside the Republican Party.  - STAY LOUD!

The Fight For Fair Elections Is Already Here I want to tell you a story that is bigger than any candidate.

What They Erased, We Remember:  I want to tell you a story that is bigger than any candidate.  - STAY LOUD!

Trump and the Billionaire Welfare Pipeline For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue.

What They Erased, We Remember:  For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue.  - STAY LOUD!

What We Refuse to Face Is What Keeps Destroying Us America has a habit of responding to Black progress as if it were an attack.

What They Erased, We Remember:  America has a habit of responding to Black progress as if it were an attack.  - STAY LOUD!

How America Turned Healthcare Into a Business Most Americans know the feeling.

What They Erased, We Remember:  Most Americans know the feeling.  - STAY LOUD!

America’s Two-Party System Is the Real Crisis The Day the Democrats Blinked

What They Erased, We Remember:  The Day the Democrats Blinked  - STAY LOUD!