Yearly Archives: 2017
Neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart: People are dying in opioid crisis because of politicians’ ignorance
Columbia University psychology and psychiatry professor Carl Hart argues that people are dying because of ignorance, not because of opioids.
Destroying Raqqa in order to save it
The devastation of Raqqa was not covered in the English language press with the same vigor as the earlier battle for Aleppo.
NOC on the ground – Tennessee stands up to white supremacy
NationofChange's Zach D. Roberts reports from on the ground in Tennessee, where multiple white supremacist groups plan to converge this weekend for a series of marches and rallies.
For Trump, words are stupid things
As language takes a beating from the president, a book about Churchill and Orwell reminds us how potent skilled rhetoric can be.
FEMA had a plan for responding to a hurricane in Puerto Rico – but...
The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public.
Minority communities suffer from storms as GOP and Trump admin promote oil and gas
“People are going to die from cancer and have mold for the chaser.”
The woman aiming to get 50 million Americans into the worker-owner economy
And she has a plan to do it.
2 or 3 things I know about Capitalism (with apologies to Jean-Luc Godard)
We either struggle and strive, by and any and all means, to end the system -- or it will end us.
Trump administration wants to charge $70 entrance fee for national parks
The Trump administration's new proposed budget plan increases funding for dirty energy development on public lands, while cutting everything else.
HBO and MSNBC drop Mark Halperin due to sexual harassment allegations
Once revered as a highly respected journalist, Halperin has fallen to the lowly depths of other alleged and admitted sexual predators.