Max Blumenthal arrest exposes hypocrisy of western media and ‘human rights’ NGOs
Here’s an idea for media outlets and NGOs concerned about the appeal of Russian public relations efforts: start doing your jobs by holding your own authoritarian politicians and politicized police forces to account.
Will teachers save our democracy?
A new book by teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten explains “why fascists fear teachers.”
50 years after MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, 2,500+ arrested over 6 weeks calling for...
"We’ve invited the people to speak for themselves, because I think it’s time for a revolution."
Banks raked in $6.4 Billion in overdraft fees in 2017. Where’s the public outrage?
Think about this: the world's most bloated financial giants are growing even fatter and richer off the backs of people who are already broke.
2020 has shown us the way forward
A new kind of social justice movement has risen above the misery of 2020, and it has taken root in our common humanity.
A Global Battle of Values and Ideals
Unity, cooperation and tolerance; such qualities necessitate and encourage a shift away from a narrow ‘me first’ approach to living to an awareness and responsibility for society more broadly and the natural world.
Why fear and self-hatred destroy human sharing and solidarity
To love yourself truly, you must always courageously act out your own self-will, whatever the consequences.
How cop shows serve to reinforce the racism at the heart of our culture
Recognizing that there are many problems, overt and covert, involved in cop shows is important and avoids simplistic narrative solutions being used to plaster over deeper problems.
It’s the hypocrisy, stupid
“My greatest hope is that more and more people will realize that we can achieve Life, Liberty, Equality, Justice, and the Pursuit of Happiness is an actual sense, but only if we devise a truly fair economic system.”
How technology is rewriting the way we write
As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.