Pope Francis’s remarkable peacemaking life
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
MIT rejects Trump funding compact, ignites academic freedom showdown
First elite university publicly refuses White House pledge critics call “extortion,” setting up a legal, financial, and political fight over free inquiry and federal research dollars.
This is America
This is America. This country was founded on violence and desecration.
Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
Facebook’s system allows advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other “ethnic affinities” from seeing ads.
Maine becomes first state to ban Native American mascots at public schools and universities
"Our people, communities and understanding and respect for one another are Maine's source of pride, and it is time our symbols reflect that."
Nearly 2 million people in India could lose citizenship in biggest disenfranchisement in history
Nearly 2 million people in the northeast state of Assam are at risk of being rendered stateless in India after the government...
Can anything bring CEO pay back down to Earth?
If we want to reverse soaring income inequality, curbing CEO pay has to be on the agenda.
Trump calls Howard Zinn’s work ‘propaganda.’ Hear the legendary historian in his own words.
Zinn believed the opposite, that teaching the unvarnished truth about history was the best way to combat propaganda and unexamined received wisdom.
Psychologists: Migrant parents reunited with detained children must brace for trauma & long recovery
The trauma children are experiencing in detention “freezes them in time” and takes away their ability to express themselves.
Another season of despair
Or a pigskin blue wave?