Thursday, July 17, 2025

The liberal arts are not disposable

A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts.
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As gov’t struggles to reunite families, detained mothers are organizing to find their kids

Mabel Gonzales has carefully documented the cases of mothers who have been separated from their children at a detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where she is currently jailed.
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How Cuba beat the pandemic: From developing new vaccines to sending doctors overseas to...

For decades, Cuba has heavily invested in its medical and pharmaceutical system, in part because of the six-decade-old U.S. embargo.

Psychedelic drug in clinical trial to help stroke victims recover by rewiring brain

Algernon Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian-based company, began its study this week in which stroke participants will be given a microdose of DMT with the hope of minimizing damage and maximizing recovery.

Building community, one fruit tree at a time

“Urban fruit foraging,” it’s called.

Why aren’t fossil fuel companies held accountable for missing and murdered indigenous women?

Resource extraction takes a toll on more than just the economy and the environment.
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‘What to the slave is the 4th of July?’: James Earl Jones reads Frederick...

On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘Enough Is Enough’ Corporate Greed Must Stop

DiCaprio also announced that his foundation is pledging a new commitment of $15 million to environmental projects

Below the surface of ICE: The corporations profiting from immigrant detention

Activists are targeting the companies that make ICE run.

Media play up protests, play down effect of US sanctions in Cuba

While giving the protests a great deal of coverage, the corporate press across the political spectrum consistently downplayed one of the primary causes of unrest: the increasingly punitive U.S. blockade.