Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Making sure the Census counts Indian Country

On top of the citizenship question, Indian Country faces the hurdles of being one of the hard-to-count populations and not trusting the government at all.

It may not be sunny in Philadelphia, but the town’s not burning either

There is widespread anger at the police for this latest police killing, and calls for an end to police using weapons to deal with mentally ill persons, but Philadelphia is not ablaze or in chaos.

The real meaning of Squid Game

South Korea has been a big winner in the game of globalization. But it has come at a price.

How internet co-ops can protect us from net neutrality rollbacks

Smaller internet service providers offer alternatives and could disrupt the monopolies.

March for Our Lives – ‘The fight for their lives’

March for Our Lives has all the pinnings of a lasting movement. If the adults just let the kids do their thing, then it just might succeed.

A civilization in collapse, the dawn of a new order

The millions of people, young and old, who have been taking to the streets expressing their collective will have made their choice...

‘Horrific:’ In dead of night, Trump administration transferring children to tent camp with no...

"Please remember there are 13,000 migrant children in detention. We can't forget about them."

Transitional times and the appearance of a new normal

The ‘old normal’ has had its day and is dying.

Making American schools less great again

The action, a precursor to a strike, is a direct response to the inadequate funding in the upcoming state budget and a referendum on the continuing divestment in public education.

Mass shootings in the US have risen sharply in 2020—why?

There have been 578 mass shootings so far this year, this is already significantly above the 417 mass shootings recorded in the whole of 2019.