Thursday, June 12, 2025

Art, Politics and Social Change at the Venice Biennale

This year’s Venice Biennale, called “All the World’s Futures,” showcases a growing community of politically engaged artists, who not only reflect the beauty and brutality of the world, but might actually change it.
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At major march in Madrid, indigenous & youth activists slam global leaders for climate...

Protesters marched through Madrid’s city center Friday night in a massive climate demonstration led by indigenous leaders and youth activists.

The spread of global hate

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped right-wing populists take power. Can they now help rein them in?

Banning what matters

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

Stop Shopping, Start Living

REI is doing its part to preserve the spirit of Thanksgiving. Let's follow their lead - stop shopping and start living.

Seymour Hersh Details Explosive Story on Bin Laden Killing and Responds to White House,...

While the White House claims that Seymour Hersh's explosive story is "riddled with inaccuracies," Hersh sits down in an exclusive interview with Democracy Now to discuss the assassination of Osama bin Laden and responds to criticism.

Not as simple as 1, 2, 3: Humanity has a surprisingly diverse understanding of...

Language plays an important role in understanding the concept of numbers.

The #MeToo movement’s roots in women workers’ rights

An unsung hero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

Fixing the language of journalism to reflect reality

Campaign ‘donations’ are bribes and the ‘Free’ World ain’t so free...

What’s Left of the Left?

If progressives can't gain ground during today's hard times, full of disasters at home and abroad, then when? If progressives don't gain when the right lurches between disgrace and farce, gloating with lies that scandalize reality, then when? Bright spots surface, but what notable change, especially on income distribution, speaks to unified progressive activism?