Before American democracy was written into law, there were other ways of living on this land.In this five-minute episode of The Revolution Resolution, Anna Malaika Tubbs reflects on Indigenous worldviews that honored balance, community, and gender beyond rigid binaries—worlds where women led, two-spirit people were revered, and children were treated as sacred.These ways of being weren’t erased because they were weak, but because they revealed something dangerous to a patriarchal system built on hierarchy: other, more humane systems had already existed.As we imagine the future of democracy, this episode invites us to remember—and learn from—the wisdom that came long before the one we inherited.Subscribe and share if you’re ready to remember what was never truly lost.

Every day, whether we realize it or not, we’re making a choice.

In this episode, Anna Malaika Tubbs brings the season’s ideas together to name a difficult but liberating truth: the system we live in has long been mistaken for democracy—but democracy, as an ideal, has never been fully realized here.

Rather than assigning blame, this conversation invites clarity. It explores how inherited rules continue when left unquestioned, and how choosing differently—through courage, responsibility, and care—moves us closer to the democracy we’ve always been promised but never given.

This episode isn’t about guilt.
It’s about agency.
And the quiet power of choosing what comes next.

Liberation isn’t something we reach alone.
We find our way back to ourselves more fully when someone chooses to walk beside us.

In this episode, Anna Malaika Tubbs reflects on what it means to accompany one another with humility, presence, and care—without erasing difference or centering ourselves in someone else’s story. Drawing from her mother’s example, she explores allyship as a relational practice rooted in listening, responsibility, and trust.

This conversation invites us to consider how our choices—especially when we hold more space or safety—can widen the path for others, and how shared liberation frees everyone from the limits of a system built on hierarchy and fear.