Noam Chomsky: The future of organized human life is at risk thanks to GOP’s...
“We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form.”
VA shadow rulers had sway over contracting and budgeting
New disclosures and investigations are straining the three Trump associates’ relationship with the new VA secretary.
Psychologists: Migrant parents reunited with detained children must brace for trauma & long recovery
The trauma children are experiencing in detention “freezes them in time” and takes away their ability to express themselves.
Investigation finds at least $800M in taxpayer money went to funding for-profit immigrant prisons...
"To the extent that the industry is in the business of expanding the system so they can make more money off holding more immigrants that can be confined, and doing everything possible to profit off of it by labor processes like getting detainees to work and paying them a dollar a day, there is very little distinction you can draw between slave labor and what they're doing."
Travesty averted: An uplifting poem for the pandemic
There are times when well-meaning "message poetry" captures the moment and touches heart strings.
When comedian Dick Gregory tried to bust the word
One afternoon in New York City in the spring of 1964, I marched at the head of a small civil rights demonstration,...
‘RBG:’ As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recovers from surgery, a remarkable film charts her...
Despite her illnesses, in her 25 years on the court Ginsburg has never missed a day of oral argument.
Tina Fey Returns to SNL as Sarah Palin to Endorse Donald Trump
Tina Fey returned to portray former Alaska governor Sarah Palin in a skip making fun of Palin's recent endorsement of Donald Trump.
The indignity of work without pay
“Dignity of work means hard work should pay off for everyone, no matter who you are or what kind of work you do. . . dignity of work is a value that unites us all.”
Routing the two-tier economy: Part I – transportation
As long as there are great wealth and poverty in our country, we will never get completely rid of two-tier systems.









