Lewis Wallace

Durham

Writer and Blogger at Freelance

Evidence-based transgender writer and podcaster. Author of The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity Email:ravenjournalist at gmail

Articles

If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters

4 weeks ago | truthout.org | Lewis Wallace |Samantha Borek

Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Democratic anti-Trump warriors are popular with the party base — and they know it. On Wednesday, May 7, Michigan’s Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel put out a strongly worded press release decrying the latest “appalling Supreme Court decision” in favor of President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people in the military.
Environmentalists and Community Members Band Together Against Buc-ee’s

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Lewis Wallace

7 hours agoA guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world's energy futureTo address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
Trump’s First Term Was Bad for Trans People. His Next Term Promises to Be Worse.

Nov 12, 2024 | inthesetimes.com | Lewis Wallace

Lewis Raven Wallace November 12, 2024 Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Truthout. Donald J. Trump’s successful 2024 campaign for president prominently featured ads that declared: “Kamala is for they/them.
The Right wants us to submit to nihilism. Here is where i’m searching for hope.

Sep 20, 2024 | therealnews.com | Lewis Wallace

This story originally appeared in Truthout on Sep. 19, 2024. It is shared here with permission. Every day I encounter, in some form or another, the idea that everything is doomed to always get worse. Faced with a daily inundation of horrors and political bad news from around the world, it’s easy to slide into feeling that nothing can change and that no actions we can take make a difference.
The Right Wants Us to Submit to Nihilism. Here Is Where I’m Searching for Hope.

Sep 19, 2024 | truthout.org | Lewis Wallace |trans liberation. He

Every day I encounter, in some form or another, the idea that everything is doomed to always get worse. Faced with a daily inundation of horrors and political bad news from around the world, it’s easy to slide into feeling that nothing can change and that no actions we can take make a difference. But we have to resist this feeling, because this is the mindset of nihilism — it’s what authoritarians want us to feel. Their power thrives on our exhaustion and silence.
M4 Macs are on their way! [The CultCast]

Aug 10, 2024 | cultofmac.com | Lewis Wallace |Mac Mini

News This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: It sounds like a whole bunch of Macs powered by Apple’s M4 chip — including a Mac mini that will be surprisingly small — will arrive in the not-so-distant future. We discuss the latest M4 Mac rumors (and can’t help getting more than a little excited).
Each August, John Crawford III's father travels to Dayton area for anniversary of son's death

Aug 7, 2024 | ideastream.org | Lewis Wallace

This year, like every year, John Crawford Jr. traveled up from Tennessee to the Dayton area to mark the anniversary of his son's death. John Crawford III was shot and killed by police in the Beavercreek Walmart on Aug. 5, 2014. His 22-year-old son was holding a BB gun sold inside the Walmart when the two officers came in responding to a 911 call. Officer Sean Williams shot Crawford in a matter of seconds. "It’s mentally and physically draining. It wears on you." Crawford Jr. said.
Christian Nationalists Pursue State Capture - and North Carolina Is Exhibit A

Aug 1, 2024 | truthout.org | Lewis Wallace |trans liberation. He

Christian Nationalists Pursue State Capture — and North Carolina Is Exhibit ANorth Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson exemplifies the Christian right’s sinister agenda. ByLewis Raven Wallace, TruthoutPublishedAugust 1, 2024Lt. Gov. of North Carolina Mark Robinson arrives to speak during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty ImagesLt. Gov.
Police Violence Is Also Political Violence - and Deeply Normalized in the US

Jul 16, 2024 | truthout.org | Lewis Wallace |trans liberation. He

This week, responding to the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden entreated the nation not to “descend into violence.” In his Sunday night speech, Biden repeated an eerie set of talking points echoed by politicians around the country: “There is no place in America for this kind of violence — for any violence,” he said. “Ever. Period. No exception.
Queer Activists Are Making BDS A Key Question Of Pride This Year

Jun 24, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Lewis Wallace

Above photo: A group of marchers holds a banner that reads, “No Pride In Genocide” during the 2024 WeHo Pride Parade on June 2, 2024, in West Hollywood, California. Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images. LGBTQ people are pushing Pride events to reject pinkwashing, endorse BDS and show solidarity with Palestine.