Alan Cantor

Ah, but the other Guerrero is about to break your heart...

It wasn’t so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it. “We’re going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!” the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary. Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation’s name “AH-ee-tee” — near-perfect Creole elocution. “When I heard him say that, I smiled,” recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani’s former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani’s reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti’s status as the first republic founded by former slaves. “That’s straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies,” said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani’s alma mater. “I will claim that,” he added with a laugh.

Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

yes

Donald Trump Has a History of Pulverizing Historic Buildings | Artnet News Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

Trump has a history of defacing historically & artistically significant buildings. Forty-five years before razing the East Wing, he demolished the Bonwit Teller store to build Trump Tower -- after promising to donate the exterior artwork to the Met. (He lies. Always.) news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

I despise Trump with all my being. This is NOT his house!

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

This may be the perfect distillation of Trumpism. DJT unilaterally destroys a wing of the White House to build a gaudy addition, tasteless real estate developer that he is. It's called "The People's House," and I, for one, am pissed at the home invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer

My sentiments exactly. (The author and I grew up in the same small town in Connecticut, way on the Boston side of the Yankees-Red Sox divide.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer

The author of this op-ed, David Margolick, is from my hometown of Putnam CT. He captures my sentiments perfectly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Here's what losers always do — and what Trump has already done When I was a young man, I never figured that well into my seventh decade on this green and fading earth, I’d need to reiterate that I was a proud anti-fascist, and a veteran who served his country to ...

Damned good piece.

www.alternet.org/two-looming-...

COLLAPSE THE OLIGARCHY!
They need OUR money.
when we fight , we win. Tell them it isn't over.
#NotGoingBack

They are NOT the majority.

They have billionaires who own mainstream and social media, most of the Supreme Court and half of Congress.

Yet, they are NOT the majority.

This is why they’re always trying to take away your votes.

Because they are NOT the majority.

They never will be.

W

Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News

Bill Cohan both raises my alarm at another right-wing billionaire consolidating control of the media and cracks me up for using "mishugas" in an NYT op-ed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

Smart piece by @jamellebouie.net

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

See also the assassination of Sergei Kirov in the USSR in 1934, which was the precipitating event for Stalin launching his purges. Kirov was a Politburo member, Leningrad Party Chief, and a pal of Stalin's -- then after his death he became a Soviet saint. www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/...

After declaring emergency after emergency to justify his unconstitutional usurpation of power, Trump now has his Reichstag moment in the Kirk assassination, which he'll use to justify yet more executive power grabs.

😡😡

LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning:

Authoritarians thrive on your silence.

Be loud for America.

Which is to say the Sox are really, really good at home this year. On the road? Not so much.

A fundraiser asks why nonprofits and foundations aren't speaking out about philanthropic reform - Philanthropy Project Hilary Crosby, a CPA, speaks out about why DAF rules annoy her so much and the problems with donor-advised fund (DAF) donations.

Exactly right, Hilde Lipson! philanthropyproject.net/maine-fundra...

Wow.

Exactly!

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

what i see is a white house whose ambitions outstrip its resources, who did not count on facing mass resistance, and which is scrambling to escalate the situation in hopes that a display of force will make people shut up

i simply do not understand those of you who look at the white house and say to yourselves, “these are hyper competent people who are executing a sophisticated plan with high odds for success”

i personally do not think the administration is actually prepared for what happens if they are facing mass protests in every major city in the country

Who is Blocking DAF Reform? - Philanthropy Project The walls are caving in on American nonprofits. Alan Cantor explains what needs to happen now to change how DAFs operate.

Pleased to be published today in The Philanthropy Project. philanthropyproject.net/who-is-block...

This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.