Friday, April 26, 2024

Empires are a secret until they start falling

As the US loses its position of global supremacy, we have an opportunity to fundamentally reshape what we as a nation represent.

How might Covid-19 change our schools long-term?

What happens in the short-term will certainly be determined within the next several weeks. How institutions will deal with the longer-term impacts of this crisis are yet to be seen.

Change and decay: A time of transition

Ancient divisions are being strengthened, new divisions fermented, injustices highlighted; under the action of cleavage all are being drawn to the polluted surface of human affairs.

NO MORE Sympathy for the Devil(s)

“The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves.”
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MLK Day special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

Women life freedom

With every death, in Tehran or elsewhere, with every reactionary clampdown, whether it be arresting activists, stifling free speech, demonising people calling for change, outlawing protests and/or increasing police powers, the numbers demanding change increases, the outrage intensifies, the wave draws breath, rises and strengthens.

The Republican Trumpless Debate

Fox News hosted its Republican debate last week without Donald Trump. So how did it go?

Post-fascist Europe tells us exactly how to defend our Democracy

Have your passports ready, watch your language, and other advice from a Yale history professor.

Taking a knee, standing for justice

Principled stands taken at great risk are often how movements are born.

The police will keep killing us until we stop criminalizing blackness and poverty

The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.