I’ve covered seven mass shootings. These are the memories that haunt me.
Columbine High School. Platte Canyon High School. Virginia Tech. Deer Creek Middle School. Aurora movie theater. Arapahoe High School. Santa Fe High School. ProPublica reporter Jenny Deam reflects on covering them all.
VIDEO: Facebook Accused of Censoring Hundreds of Prisoners by Purging Profile Pages Without Cause
With more prisoners using social media, Facebook has been accused of being too willing to delete profile pages of prisoners at the request of U.S. authorities—a growing debate among groups.
Family life without fossil fuels – slow and satisfying
A visit to the Possibility Alliance reminded me also that the one constant of life is change.
Your favorite charity has most of its money in Wall Street
About 93 percent of charitable foundation money is parked in Wall Street investments. But foundations are starting to make better choices.
Arizona activists face jail time for providing life-saving aid to migrants crossing Sonoran Desert
Arizona, activists with the humanitarian group No More Deaths go to trial today facing charges for a slew of federal crimes, all due to their efforts to leave water and food in the harsh Sonoran Desert to help refugees and migrants survive the deadly journey across the U.S. border.
What I learned about nonviolence from Tony Soprano
Through the eyes of an organizer, “The Sopranos” offers many lessons in navigating power and how to wield it.
How corporate food monopolies caused the baby formula scandal
The fact that a handful of companies produce the majority of our food means that small disruptions will have big impacts. This time the impacts are borne by American babies.
Blockbuster exposé confirms H.G. Wells’ truism that “human history” is “a race between education and catastrophe.”
Gayle Greene’s “Immeasurable Outcomes” presents an impassioned manifesto to revive quality, democratic education that redeems college teaching and re-seeds enlightened, disaster-averting voters.
Media’s Email Hysteria: Why Are Republicans Exempt?
If a private email account is so shocking to mainstream media, why was there barely any talk about the millions of emails that disappeared during the Bush years? The current hysteria seems to reveal the intense press prejudice against Hillary Clinton by several well-placed Washington journalists.
20 million Muslims march against ISIS and the mainstream media completely ignores it
The way to truly defeat ISIS is by rendering their fear and divisive tactics impotent.