Archive - Lily Pond

Midsummer Updates: Recovery, Art, Garden, Protest and Pride

Living through fatigue, rebirth, rage, joy and pride.... What a month it has been!

Jun 22 •

An Immigrant Mother's American Dream

An imagined dialogue between my mom and me

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Updates from My Pneumonia Weeks

'We Can Do Hard Things' show, Corporate America, and how to counter despair

May 18 •

A Corporate Tsunami

How my attempt to speak the truth and hold executive leaders accountable resulted in a nasty slap on the face.

May 8 •

April 2025

Life as a Cadet Reporter in Hong Kong

Flashbacks to my first job out of college in the early 1990s

Apr 19 •

Emergency News Roundup and Call for Action

Democracy and freedom die in apathy. Let's do something about it.

Apr 17 •

Capitalism is Undemocratic

Why is capitalism inherently undemocratic and promotes sociopathology? Plus, why true socialism is more democratic than capitalism, and how we can learn…

Apr 11 •

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay

Hands Off Protest from a Small City Along the Hudson

A report from Newburgh, NY, the headquarters of George Washington during the War of Independence

Apr 6 •

The Corporatization of American Society Plays a Critical Role in Undermining Democracy

Political ideologies, race and identities are superficial differences used to rationalize division. The true divide of our society is between the have's…

Apr 2 •

March 2025

The Authoritarian Déjà-vu

A selection of rhyming similarities between China and the U.S. at this moment in history

Mar 22 •

English as America's Official Language: An Executive Order that Reeks of Linguistic Imperialism

The threat of normalizing discrimination against people who have limited English-speaking skills, and why it's ever more important to decolonize our…

Mar 9 •

The Great American Exodus

Perspectives of an immigrant--and a perpetual second-class citizen--on the mass exodus of Americans overseas

Mar 4 •

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