Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.
‘Privatization is not the answer:’ Grave warnings as Wall Street vultures circle Puerto Rico’s...
"It should instead focus on basic services and ensure that every Puerto Rican has access to safe public water."
True responsibility and the need for change
Change is essential if we are to survive, systemic/institutional change flowing from individual change and a shift in attitudes.
Putting out a Garbage Fyre: How reproductive rights advocates countered a week long anti-choice...
“What it’s about is reproductive and pregnancy outcomes and valuing them all...We need to be a society that values that decision for you because we’re a society that values healthy outcomes."
One Mom Is on a Quest to Bring Organic Products to Babies of Color
The Brown Crayon Project is designed for ‘hair with character and skin with soul.’
Federal judge refuses to erase former sheriff Joe Arpaio’s conviction
As an unapologetic racist, Arpaio abused his authority for decades while arresting people based solely on the color of their skin.
Jailing of a British blogger should worry journalists on both sides of the Atlantic
Given the aforementioned instances of the state going after leakers, the censorious trends in the Anglophone media are reasons for concern.
As Sanders prepared Medicare bill, health care lobbyists bankrolled Senate Democrats
Since 2010, Democratic senators who have refused to sponsor the bill have raised twice as much insurance industry cash as those who support the legislation.
Today’s young adults want to redesign capitalism. But into what?
The data suggest that today’s young people are losing faith in capitalism—and ready to embrace something much more fair.
Sheriff indicted on 16 charges including theft in office
“Reader just does whatever he wants and no one ever calls him on it... We are scared to death of him... He is unstable and threatens people.”