The triumph and tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
It's beautiful that there's an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?
#Cancelrent: Tenants demand rent relief & organize strikes as unemployment surges due to COVID-19
Tenants around the country are calling for immediate rent cancellation. Some are planning to “rent strike.”
What George Carlin taught us about media propaganda by omission
George Carlin’s quip reminds us to demand the other score: the horrific cost of our unequal and unsustainable status quo.
Is Big Tech too powerful? Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan debate Twitter & Facebook...
“To allow these companies to essentially function as de facto platforms for censorship and manipulation … harkens back to the way civil liberties were eviscerated in the wake of 9/11.”
Obit omit: What the media leaves out of John McCain’s record of militarism and...
A round-table discussion on the life and legacy of John McCain.
The Other Charlies
In the wake of the violence in France, people from around the world expressed solidarity with the victims, and with the people of France. Although the world leaders posed for a photo op to show they were there, it was the people who led the day.
‘Take away our poverty, not our children!:’ Poor People’s Campaign caps off 40 days...
"We are sick, we are homeless, we are separated from our families, and we will keep coming back until everyone has housing, voting rights, clean water, peace, and justice!"
Inequality gone viral: The obscene numbers
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.
Cops Involved in the Murder of Freddie Gray Honored at Conservative Media Gala
Brian Rice, Edward Nero, and Garret Miller were cleared of all charges earlier this year, but remain on administrative duty pending an internal review for their role in Gray’s death.
Tabloid Takedown of Bernie Sanders
What explains the unrepentant disdain the elite media cast on Sanders’ bold ideas and insurgent campaign? In short, class.