The Media’s Gift to Trump: Low Expectations
When a candidate starts in the cellar in terms of behavior and temperament, there's nowhere to go but up.
What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts
"All regions of our country and rural and metropolitan areas alike have changing patterns of segregation that demand the public’s attention and action."
A New Economic Vision That Mixes Together Occupy, Amish Culture, and Startups
What subcultures offer us insight and principles for new ways of organizing?
20 million Muslims march against ISIS and the mainstream media completely ignores it
The way to truly defeat ISIS is by rendering their fear and divisive tactics impotent.
50 Years After Murder, Malcolm X Remembered by Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and Friend A....
Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, Democracy Now speaks to his daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, and friend, A. Peter Bailey who were both present inside the Audubon Ballroom the day Malcolm X was shot dead.
Strongman: Jair Bolsonaro and the unexpected rise of the far right in Brazil
It remains to be seen if Fernando Haddad can rally the country to prevent a Bolsonaro presidency.
Change, love and the need for unity
Yes, perhaps unsurprisingly it’s all about love, and the absence of it. Unity is an expression of love.
The Other Charlies
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.
Book Review: “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup...
In one concise statement, Dan Kovalik sums up the criminal — if self-serving and for now effective — foreign policy of the U.S. across the planet:
The South is rising again
The real story is that a fresh, "Reclaim the South" movement of young African-American populists is emerging, kindling long-suppressed hope in the racially scarred Deep South.