What is the point of the human race?
It would be indeed sad if humanity disappeared 22 billion years from now. Wouldn’t it?
Progressive or Bust’s provocative meme assaults liberals’ hypocrisy
Rather than demean their civil rights struggle (which, by MLK’s design, enlisted many whites), the meme means to honor it as a needed and noble one.
What a wonderful world
A system produces leaders who reflect the dominant values of its components.
Unionized judges and public defenders demand due process for immigrants
Long-lasting change, especially under the Trump administration, will require mass mobilization, publicity, workplace action, and an unwavering commitment to due process for all immigrants, regardless of past criminal backgrounds who also are entitled to due process.
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.
Is a mental health crisis the next pandemic?
Whether your share of damage from the pandemic is visible out in the open or not, you need to credit yourself for putting up with it.
Ignoring China’s poverty alleviation success is costing us all
We need to prioritize the needs of the people over the profits of the elite.
Meet Ahed Tamimi, 17-year-old West Bank activist jailed for 8 months for slapping Israeli...
Known to some as the Rosa Parks of Palestine, Tamimi became a hero to Palestinians and people around the world last year.
Travesty averted: An uplifting poem for the pandemic
There are times when well-meaning "message poetry" captures the moment and touches heart strings.
How cop shows serve to reinforce the racism at the heart of our culture
Recognizing that there are many problems, overt and covert, involved in cop shows is important and avoids simplistic narrative solutions being used to plaster over deeper problems.









