By Tom Watts
In the aftermath of Ferguson, I keep reading pieces like this: what we should do now is learn, understand, and think. I find this advice irritating, because it seems futile. Things look bad right now, and social change will never come from progressives simply becoming more informed. We have to take the next step: talk with people. In particular, talk with people who disagree with you. Do it over Thanksgiving, and keep doing it throughout the whole holiday season. If you can broaden even one person’s perspective, you’ve made a small step toward changing public opinion, and when public opinion changes, society changes. [Read more…] about What We Really Should Do This Thanksgiving