Making the world work better
Here is hope for a better government – it's based on democracy, but also the Chinese idea of examinations for government officials, the Finnish educational system, and the Cinncinatus system in Rome.
Inherit the hypocrisy
If we do not stand up and protest this fanaticism... "He that troubleth his own house will inherit the wind..."
6 reasons for hope in Trump times
First, Donald Trump has been a giant wake-up call that we can’t take democracy for granted.
War, peace and presidential candidates
So what hope is there that one of the parade of Democrats seeking the presidency in 2020 could be a real “peace candidate?"
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 28, 2018
Americans own 40% of the world's guns, the Republican tax plan has made the U.S. debt the highest since World War II, Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire, and more.
The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops
The persistence of racially biased policing means that unless American policing reckons with its racist roots, it is likely to keep repeating mistakes of the past.
For Indigenous Peoples Day, tribes return to Alcatraz 50 years later
The Stop Mauna Kea and Standing Rock occupations owe a debt to the legacy of an intertribal takeover that occurred 50 years...
#MeToo in Indian Country; ‘We don’t talk about this enough’
Sexual harassment in Indian Country is an inconvenient and deeply uncomfortable truth.
Fed up with toxic snake pits? Find solace and timeless vistas from geology, cosmology...
It ain’t over ‘til it's over, and the better angels of our nature are most readily accessible through great literature and art, great science, and expert history that dispels truthiness and lies.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 12
Law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice, Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage, Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee, and more.