Iran: How Bolton tricked clueless UK conservatives into confrontation with Tehran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Simon Tisdall at The Guardian explains the difference between Socialist Spain and the disorganized Conservatives in control of U.K....
House of Representatives set to vote on net neutrality
"Any lawmaker who doesn't want to invoke the wrath of their constituents should vote for its clean passage on the House floor."
Civil rights hero John Lewis remembered at funeral as ‘patriot who risked his life’...
“a true American patriot who risked his life and bled for the hope and promise of democracy.”
Hate unbound
Politicians and media moguls have long understood that fear and hate sell better than hope and compassion, no matter how much we might wish it otherwise.
After the insurrection, America’s far-right groups get more extreme
The Conversation asked Matthew Valasik, a sociologist at Louisiana State University, and Shannon E. Reid, a criminologist at the University of North Carolina—Charlotte, to explain what right-wing extremist groups in the U.S. are doing.
The evil that guns do
The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.
How not to cover critical race theory
Critical race theory is a longstanding and specific academic lens for understanding systemic racism, but the right has transformed it into a catchall for anything that encourages talking about and addressing racism.
What will generative AI mean for the racial wealth gap?
Big technological shifts have a history of keeping Black and other marginalized groups at or near the bottom of economic opportunities. Will this time be different?
Six big losers in our ‘booming’ economy
The people in power let the rich grow richer while the poor keep suffering.
Media get the South all wrong, so ‘movement journalists’ are stepping in
Project South wants to tell stories of grassroots power in a way that avoids the stereotypes outsiders bring.