Duck-and-cover America
Advice to college graduates in the age of Trump: We need you, class of 2018, not under some desk but out there ready to change our world for the better.
North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism Is Not a Crime
We will fight this charge. Freedom of the press is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. North Dakota, muzzle the dogs, not the press.
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The 10 happiest countries in the world 2021; why isn’t America one of them?
America, quite likely, will never rise to #1 or even be in the top 10 happiest as long as there is so much animosity and divisiveness in its society.
Strongman: Jair Bolsonaro and the unexpected rise of the far right in Brazil
It remains to be seen if Fernando Haddad can rally the country to prevent a Bolsonaro presidency.
Colombian company uses coffee husks to build low-income housing
Woodpecker, a startup in Bogota, Colombia, uses coffee husks to manufacture lightweight, prefabricated buildings for home and classroom use.
Maitreya: The coming one for all humanity
A message of hope.
Is the US legal system at war with its people?
Incarcerations, brutality, and torture are common in the U.S. Activists claim that this amounts to a war waged against racially marginalized, poor, and working-class people.
Mass protests meet Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki over human rights, free speech, climate action
As the two leaders drove from the airport to their summit, they were met by 300 billboards in English and Russian that were posted by the country’s leading newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat.
Job growth remains slow in September, but unemployment rate falls to 3.5 percent
Manufacturing employment hit a record low as a share of private sector employment.