Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Teaching mindfulness for a better tomorrow

When a child is taught how to be mindful, they can let go of that weight sooner and will be able to better manage their symptoms.

Lester Holt Succeeds in Fact Checking Trump in Real Time

Holt did what Matt Lauer wouldn’t.

This Article Is Not About Donald Trump

The menu of the news, as presently defined, lowers your chance of understanding the world.

Venezuela: Indigenous people are forgotten victims of crisis as profits trump rights

The result of this is a breakdown of the relationship between the Venezuelan state and indigenous people, and a return to the longstanding struggle over territory and mining resources.

Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 26, 2018

Federal lawsuit against President Trump's business interests allowed to proceed, deadly wildfires rage around the world, Betsy Devos is hurting students again, and more.

How books can be used to build up America or to divide it

The assault on classroom libraries represents one front in DeSantis’s scorched-earth campaign to divide communities and marginalize certain Americans.

How can we build a better world?

Instead of insisting on capitalism, I think we should focus on how we can make compassion for others a centerpiece of our society.
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The media bias no one is talking about

Today it’s democracy versus authoritarianism, voting rights versus white supremacy.

The coronavirus crash could be worse than the republican great depression of 1930

If we succeed in rebooting American manufacturing through the measures used by Hamilton (and emulated by China over the past 30 years), our recovery from this crisis could mark a new dawn for the American middle class.

We can’t talk about immigration without acknowledging black immigrants

With strong, rich roots in the U.S., Black people are part of this country’s immigration narrative.