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John Pilger – ‘A Majority Of One’
Last week, the Observer reported that the slogan ‘united we will win’ is a fixture on Israeli screens ‘for most TV news and talk shows’. Raviv Drucker, one of Israel’s leading investigative...
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Dr. Martin Luther King is Marching with the People of Palestine
Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee constructed the civil rights and Black Liberation movements on a foundation of Third World internationalism. The...
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John Pilger, a Friend of Palestine and All Oppressed Nations, Has Passed Away
The first and the last time I met John Pilger in person was in 2018. I was invited to deliver a speech at the NSW Parliament in Sydney, Australia. Among the large crowd were many that I knew and...
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Ed Broadbent on Why We Must Move Beyond the Welfare State
Ed Broadbent, a lifelong champion of social democratic politics, passed away on January 11 at the age of eighty-seven, leaving a significant void in Canada’s political landscape and marking a tragic...
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Sustaining Rosa Parks’s Struggle For Transit Equity
Every February, the Labor Sustainability Network coordinates Transit Equity Day, a nationwide day of action that highlights the importance of equitable public transit in ongoing struggles for civil...
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E. P. Thompson at 100
On the 3rd of February 2024, the late E. P. Thompson who was the seminal intellectual and historian on social struggle would have turned 100 years old. For decades, his insightful and illuminating work...
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Mourning Two Principled Opponents of War
The world recently lost two principled opponents of war, but under drastically different circumstances. Johan Galtung died on February 17 at the age of 93. The Norwegian sociologist was known as the...
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In Memoriam Aaron Bushnell 1999-2024
All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. (William Butler Yeats Easter, 1916) His utterance was matter of fact, almost devoid of passion. He was walking rapidly toward the Israeli...
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The Absence — and Presence — of Daniel Ellsberg
On a warm evening almost a decade ago, I sat under the stars with Daniel Ellsberg while he talked about nuclear war with alarming intensity. He was most of the way through writing his last and most...
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We’re in a Class War. Jane McAlevey Actually Acted Like It.
Before I ever met Jane McAlevey, I received a package from her in the mail. In addition to a copy of Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement, her first book...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo: A Novelist’s Month
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is a time for TJ’s writers to express themselves by creating a 50,000-word novel within 30 days. Throughout the month, writers race to come up with plots and...
View ArticleFrom Couches to Cali – The Journey of EDUtrophy
Since the making of this video, the nonprofit has changed its name to EDUtrophy due to trademark issues. During quarantine, nonprofits have been finding creative ways to give back to their...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Standing Up for Gender Equality
Monday, March 8th is International Women’s Day, a day meant to celebrate the women’s rights movement and the growing progress women from all over the world have made to close the gender gap. The TJ...
View ArticleWe Came Back to Teach
Most TJ alumni usually graduate from school and leave for college without turning back. However, for some alumni, this is not the case. Many former TJ students have chosen to come back as teachers....
View ArticleThe Schoology Switch
Prior to the start of the 2021-2022 school year, officials announced that FCPS schools would be switching from Blackboard to Schoology. With school fully in swing, teachers have had the chance to test...
View ArticleRepresentation Matters: African American History at TJ
Throughout February, communities come together to celebrate Black History Month. By educating ourselves and celebrating the achievements of African Americans, we recognize the central role they have...
View ArticleCampaigning for Climate
On March 25, 2022, thousands took to the streets to participate in a global day of climate action. Organized by activists with the Fridays for the Future movement, demonstrators marched in dozens of...
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