John Pavlovitz

Weaponized patriotism is an intoxicant for easily manipulated people whose identities are shaped by those they hate, the neighbors and strangers they’ve been convinced are threats to be eradicated and dangers to be sent away.

Six months after leaving office, Joe Biden is doing the work our sitting President should be doing but cannot and will not do.

No Kings Day was a glorious reminder of how powerful joy, hope, diversity, and our individual and collective humanity are in resisting this Renaissance of hatred—and that we are their caretakers.

There’s a conspiracy of pretending that many of us engage in because we’ve been conditioned to believe that exposing vulnerability or revealing despair are some kinds of character flaws or signs of weakness.

Trump is always looking for his Reichstag Fire—his reason to bring the hammer of the Military down upon the nation. Declaring Martial Law has always been his endgame, and his strategy has been transparent.

Some of Elon Musk's comments in his catfight with Trump have resurrected the question lurking in the minds of many.

As long as a massive segment of our nation’s young men are being raised to see malignant narcissists like Donald Trump and men like him as role models, a lifetime of great loneliness is all but guaranteed.

Right now, living one’s best life in this fascist hellscape seems like a fruitless fight and a losing battle, but it is actually the bleeding, beating heart of the war we’re in.

Donald Trump’s traitorous presidency, his undeserved occupation of the Oval Office, and his very repugnant presence in the highest seat of power in America are all a massive middle finger to those we honor on Memorial Day.

Art is wild and unruly. It defies political proclamation, it does not respect authority, and it refuses subjugation. Once released into the world, it cannot be contained or legislated away.

White Evangelical Trump supporters are quick to publicly feign outrage at the suggestion that they are perpetuating whiteness but that’s bullshit, merely another effort to prey upon vulnerable people and eradicate diversity while painting themselves as the victims.

There are a number of simple and effective things you can do to express your disapproval and resistance to the fascism invading us.

I don’t know if Trump is technically the worst person in the world, but let's just say he’s on the short list of any reasonable human being.

A show of brutality isn’t the opening salvo of a war on Democracy, it’s the victory lap that tells the people that the war for their freedom is over.

Canadians took a sober, objective look at the 100-day horror show our mentally-addled, incompetent, sociopathic dollar store dictator has curated and said, “To hell with that.”

If you Trump supporters want to prove that you’re not completely lacking in human decency, you can publicly disavow him, repent of your vote, and unequivocally declare opposition to him.