Where did the tradition of journalists speaking truth to power go?
Requiem for a (sort of) free press in the U.S
Using students, teachers, journalists and other professionals as spies puts everyone in jeopardy
Spying is a dirty business, whoever does it.
Older Americans descend into retirement without a golden parachute
The increasing economic burdens on older Americans are part of the growing rallying cry over wealth inequality among progressives.
The shecession: Women face staggering job & income losses amid the pandemic’s economic crisis
“The reason for this is because women are over-represented in the hardest-hit sectors: service, leisure/hospitality, education and healthcare services.”
‘The greatest purveyor of violence in the world’
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
The poison of Nationalism
Rooted in fear, it feeds on tribal instincts and has become mainstream by offering oversimplified explanations to complex problems, such as poverty and immigration.
Robert Reich | A Yinnopoulos, Bannon, Trump plot to control American universities?
There may be something worrying going on here.
Education: Time for a New Purpose
New methodologies are needed that inculcate true individuality and creative independent thinking. At the heart of the required changes – which need to be both gradual and radical – must be education – formal and non-formal.
How ‘Black Panther’ sees the world
Black Panther offers three alternatives to the current global status quo.
California governor proposes nation’s longest paid family leave
Newsom and his administration proposed six months paid family leave, the nation's longest if approved.