by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Nov 4, 2026 | Opinion
Haley Stevens’ Islamophobia could no longer be contained. She had been playing the sore loser since her narrow primary defeat to Abdul El-Sayed in the August Michigan Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. The two were at odds largely over Stevens’ unwavering support of...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Sep 28, 2026 | Opinion
“…You can’t twist the truth, the people out here united Never be defeated when freedom’s on the horizon Yet the music industry’s quiet, complicit in their platform of silence What happened to the artist? What d’you got to say? If I was on a label, you could drop me...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Sep 3, 2026 | Opinion
I do not know a world without Dolly Parton in it. She was already a rising star a decade before I was born, and I cannot remember a time in my life when she wasn’t a larger-than-life figure. We didn’t worship her in my home, but her voice was an ever-present...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Aug 11, 2026 | Opinion
Community organizing work has helped me see that “single-issue” voting rarely gets us anywhere, especially in general elections. No candidate is perfect. If we all conditioned our vote on every single thing an individual believes, says, or does, then none of us would...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Jul 9, 2026 | Opinion
Shortly after Trump 2.0 began, I found myself listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine. No disrespect intended toward the anger outlet of my college days, but it soon became clear I needed something more to speak directly to my soul in these unsettling times. I...
