How the charter school industry’s newest scheme could be ‘the death of public schools’
A charter school “shitstorm” in Florida shows how the industry intends to take over public education.
Why Bolivian indigenous movements draw their power from oral history
Despite defeats both political and economic, despite everything, the “ayllus” endure.
Fed up with toxic snake pits? Find solace and timeless vistas from geology, cosmology...
It ain’t over ‘til it's over, and the better angels of our nature are most readily accessible through great literature and art, great science, and expert history that dispels truthiness and lies.
The Santa Ana by Joan Didion
Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.
Blockbuster exposé confirms H.G. Wells’ truism that “human history” is “a race between education and catastrophe.”
Gayle Greene’s “Immeasurable Outcomes” presents an impassioned manifesto to revive quality, democratic education that redeems college teaching and re-seeds enlightened, disaster-averting voters.
CIA Whistleblower Faces 100 Years in Prison for Talking to NY Times Reporter
Even though his actions didn't harm or kill any people, Jeffrey Sterling, former CIA case officer, faces a maximum sentence of 100 years in prison and a fine of up to $2.25 million. His sentencing is scheduled for April 24.
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’...
Can government programs that provide financial support to parents offset the motherhood penalty in earnings?
China beats USA by following Western classical economics!
America must acknowledge its systemic problems and implement structural reforms that curtail financial capitalism and embrace smart industrial policies.
Maitreya: “Share and Save the World”
Amidst deepening global divisions and intolerance ‘Project Maitreya’ plan to build 1,000 statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world, with the aim,...
P. G. T. Beauregard
A white Confederate general can learn from experience that it does society better to recognize the equality of minority races.