Missing in action
The poor remain missing in action in our American world, but not in my mind. Not in me.
Cable TV news: A mere shadow of what it could and should be
News reporting is, without a doubt, extremely important. But that is just not enough, we also need these T.V. channels to go a step further and expand their horizons.
Yes, deniers, millions of Americans are among the poorest people in the world
Why is it so hard for people with wealth and power to admit all this?
After thousands of years, western science is slowly catching up to Indigenous knowledge
New research about how birds use fire to get a broader food supply comes as no surprise to Indigenous people.
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.
Dems Accuse Trump Admin of “State-sponsored child abuse” as separated migrant children scandal grows
I do not feel we’ve gotten the whole truth from the administration throughout the family separation policy, and I think there’s bombshells still to come.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Infowars gets banned, U.S. Fish and Wildlife turns against saving the bees, and more.
Unsung Resistance, from Brooklyn to Nabi Saleh
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Student protesters are walking a tightrope in Hong Kong
The whole world is watching Hong Kong.
How to cover a revolution
The mainstream political press had all but ignored Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her groundbreaking campaign.