Rules vs. reality: How competing views shape the way we use language
From grammar rules to everyday slang, debates over descriptivism and prescriptivism reveal how we balance authority with the way people really speak.
Backlash over North Dakota voter ID law could rally Native Americans
Tribes – with celebrity help – are mobilizing members ahead of midterms.
‘Stay in the streets’: Black Lives Matter movement in Seattle occupies six block ‘autonomous...
“We cannot have a pacified movement.”
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Monsanto found guilty, widespread sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania, who Democrats are listening to, and more.
The con of diversity
Diversity in the hands of the white power elites – political and corporate – is an advertising gimmick.
Crisis means danger and opportunity
The present crisis will undoubtedly lead to great change, but will it be takeovers by neo-fascist leaders such as Trump? Or will the change be social reforms?
A public bank for Los Angeles? City Council puts it to the voters
California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street, but from the Federal Reserve.
The new age of protest
Led by young people, climate strikers blocked traffic on two mornings at the end of last month in Washington, DC. On the...
Nation’s largest school strike: 30,000 Los Angeles public-school teachers walkout
The strike follows months of failed negotiations between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union to reach a deal for smaller class sizes, increased support staff along with pay raises.
Media just can’t stop presenting horrifying stories as ‘uplifting’ perseverance porn
Because corporate media wholly accept and promote neoliberal, free-market doctrine, they are unable to see how what they see as “awesome” is actually a manifestation of late-capitalist dystopia.