Tangled in the garden of good and evil
A French television program tackles the tough questions of compliance and resistance.
Academic freedom at risk after decades of attacks and underfunding from right wing
We look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom with academic and author Henry Reichman.
A child at world’s end
A mother thinks about the inheritance of children.
Infographic: This is how much equality a $30 trillion inheritance can buy
What it means to be an heir in the U.S., and a few big ideas on how to use the largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever.
Confronting my white privilege. A film director’s journey. By Frances Causey
Ongoing protests to end systemic racism rooted in the nation’s 400 year legacy of white supremacy...
On Strip Searches And Press Freedom In North Dakota
The free press should now focus a fierce spotlight on the standoff at Standing Rock - a critical front in the global struggle to combat global warming and fight for climate justice.
Freedom’s just another word for something left to lose
Most of the people in the United States think that they have freedom, but in reality, they are tied to a system which gives that very little freedom.
Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power
The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”
Philadelphia Inquirer Pimps for Philly Cop Chief
The Philadelphia Inquirer was shamelessly pimped for the brutal and murderous Philadelphia Police Department. Has the Inquirer, once one of the country's best papers, become such a shameless apologist for the powerful?
“Disaster patriarchy”: V (Eve Ensler) on how the pandemic has unleashed a war on...
“Women are losing their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed onto the frontlines, where they are often used, unprotected and sacrificed.”