Culture

Amidst ethical scrutiny, The New York Times delves into the actions of a freelancer whose social media activity casts shadows on journalistic neutrality in conflict coverage.

In the wake of the violence in France, people from around the world expressed solidarity with the victims, and with the people of France. Although the world leaders posed for a photo op to show they were there, it was the people who led the day.

What could be more wonderful than a place that allows people to read books, magazines, and newspapers for free?

As the country begins to move forward, those working for change need to be encouraged and supported in their efforts.

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism.”

In 1915 one of the most nakedly racist films was screened in the White House. One hundred years later a very different film, directed by an African-American woman, was screened there. Change happens, slowly, but it happens. Could the birth of a new nation be at hand?

“These mental health services cannot be provided in the same slipshod manner as the government implemented its initial trauma inducing policy.”

Keeping communities safe against hateful rhetoric will require a bold, expansive vision.

And there are millions around the world who love the Cuban people—a people who have fought capitalism, imperialism, Apartheid, and Zionism. A people who are always the first to offer aid and solidarity.

But when we come out of it, we have to come out vowing never to return to the madness that was American society before COVID-19.