“I know you may feel overwhelmed, as if you "can't do anything” but you are still somehow responsible for your government according to our constitution as well as international law. That is something I am charged with and my purpose in this is to show you that you are as well.” Written by Sylvester Cooper.

“The only thing that brings me true peace.” Written by Airrisa Renee Wilson.

“Often, it feels that politics exist in a vacuum---void of any semblance of reality outside of the guiding hand of corporate donors. Nida Allam is a rarity.” Written by Nicole.

Because we f*ck. Written by Morgan Goma.

“If you’re invested in U.S. politics, you’ve likely heard discussions on “Citizens United” — with discussions focusing on how it's impacted our elections. But, what exactly is Citizens United? And why are so many modern candidates advocating for its reversal?” Written by Nicole.

“It was November 2024, I started this piece a week before the election, feeling so much uncertainty, then the results came, and this piece was completed. This piece began in a moment of uncertainty, evolved to devastation, and finally formed into determination.” Artwork and writings by Liv Tyler.

‘I can’t believe they chose YOU, [your name]. You’ve been appointed to the MAGA Advisory Board!’

Written by Nicole.

“I’ve witnessed as my friends have struggled, and feel that Cindy Holscher, as governor of the great state of Kansas, will do phenomenal work to improve the lives of the Kansan people.” Written by Nicole.

“Yet still I hope
that one day we will wake,
all of us,
from this terrible nightmare.”

A poem written by Ahad Abbas.

“The problem, though, with ‘intellectualizing’ your sudden ineptitude is that despite knowing the origins of the problem, the solution is still not so clear. “ Written by Nicole.

“As a Black man at 29 in 2026, there’s no version of this I haven’t seen played out on someone that looks like me, and the response was very simply not the same.” Written by Dahmmy Hilfigger.

“I cannot expect those who do not know if or where they are chain-bound, to understand a struggle for liberation.”

By Sylvester Cooper. Mural artwork (girl & hands holding artist’s pallet) in collage graphic painted by Dave Loewenstein of Lawrence, KS.

“How playing with Barbies helped me come into my own as a gender-expansive, gaysian kid in the early 2000s.” Written by Thammarat Connell.

A somewhat-coherent ramble to start off the Groundswell site. By Nicole.