Saturday, May 25, 2024

‘You only get what you’re organized to take’—lessons from the National Union of the...

“You can’t talk about the problems of poverty — the pain of it, the daily struggles to survive, the plight, the fight and the insight — without involving the newly emerging leaders from the growing ranks of the poor.”

Earth dinner

Most of us don't realize that our dinner tells many stories, embodying our personal histories, family memories, music, art, and other connections... besides our tummies.

Burning books (or rather book companies)

Think of this as the modern capitalist version of burning books, though as with those fossil-fuel companies, it is, in reality, more like burning the future.
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Meet Crystal Mason, the black Texas mother facing 5+ years in prison for voting...

Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting.

Roman chef feeds the homeless in a lifelong mission to help those in need

Dino Impagilazzo's mission is now made up of 300 volunteers who cook and serve hot meals near train stations and in St. Peter's Square to help feed the growing number of homeless people in Rome.

Central banks have gone rogue, putting us all at risk

Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market. To say they are buying up the planet may be an exaggeration, but they could.

Despite crackdowns, white supremacist and Neo-Nazi videos take stubborn toot on YouTube

The ideas in a treatise by Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two New Zealand mosques, are also circulating on many of the world’s most popular social media platforms.

US media can’t think how to fight fires without $1-an-hour prison labor

The main difference: Unlike prison laborers, regular citizens have to be paid more than pittance wages.

In the search for missing women, neighbors and family members pair drones with Indigenous...

Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.

Rising politics of intolerance and the need for unity

Division in any form, including nationalism, and competition go against human nature.