--- description: Joan Blades is co-founder MoveOn.org and LivingRoomConversations.org. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Joan Blades ## Joan Blades Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Joan Blades is co-founder and . ## Joan Blades Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 7, 2014 ### [This Is the One Thing the Right and Left Are Working Together On In Congress](https://time.com/90109/this-is-the-one-thing-the-right-and-left-are-working-together-on-in-congress/) It's time to get right on crime. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/joan-blades/","name":"Joan Blades"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/joan-blades/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/joan-blades/"},"name":"Joan Blades","jobTitle":null,"description":"Joan Blades is co-founder MoveOn.org and LivingRoomConversations.org.","url":"https://time.com/author/joan-blades/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```