Lisa D. T. Rice acknowledges her privilege within the healthcare system and points out it should be that way for everyone.

I met Lisa D. T. Rice at a Bridge Alliance Conference. She had several stories to tell in our group discussions. The one on healthcare touched me, so I asked her to tell her story.

Lisa was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. She had multiple surgeries to get rid of her cancer and add organs that could have further caused her cancer to spread.

Lisa’s outcome from her cancer diagnosis was successful. Why? Because she is one of the fortunate few with great insurance. She was able to pick her team of doctors after consulting many. She assured herself that she would get optimum care.

The MSNBC documentary Civil War is a must-see. A short segment with a southern white man says much about our evil problems. We must say no to Jackson water privatization.

Rob Kall is sure that our politics can be fixed. It will require a bottom-up approach immediately.

I am an avid supporter of Free Speech TV's job for the Progressive movement. I know many of their regulars, including Thom Hartmann, Rick Smith, and others.

I recently attended the Netroots Nation 2022 conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I met the station's new General Manager. Rafael Espinoza left corporate media to do the necessary work the movement needed. While some may see this as altruistic, an activist sees it as required. When one listens to Mr. Espinoza, that rings true immediately.

Espinoza did environmental work protecting the environment against oil & gas corporations. He said that the Free Speech TV job found him.

"This was a fusion of my experience in the nonprofit advocacy space and working in commercial media," Rafael Espinoza said. "Now working in nonprofit, noncommercial public interest media."

Espinoza said his goal goes beyond bringing diversity to Free Speech TV. He is enhancing digital media and much more. Above and beyond, he wants to extend the station's reach.

Listen to the entire interview. I am sure you will find it as enlightening as I did. It is imperative that Espinoza and his team succeed in broadening the scope of their broadcast and talent.

Many campaigns cannot keep up with volunteers nor have a reliable method. Samantha Boucher discusses the app that has the answer.

Samantha Boucher is the co-founder of Shire. She said that Democrats couldn’t win without volunteers. And in the age of COVID, volunteering is harder than ever. She said that Communication tools like Slack and bespoke political tools could be confusing without training. And there are a lot of them. The average digital volunteer might interact with six or more separate apps.

Rev. Mark Thompson of the MIP: Make It Plain with Mark Thompson podcast visited us at Netroots Nation 2022 to discuss Trump and today’s political climate.

I have not seen Mark Thompson since he left SiriusXM, but I have watched him navigate many cable network programs with his always-on-point commentary. He did not disappoint.

Rev. Thompson discussed subjects from Trump’s malfeasance to police violence to media and some economics. He also introduced his MIP: Make It Plain podcast described as follows: