Systemic cruelty
As the existing systems crystallize and become more extreme, it is upon a foundation of love and compassion that the new modes of living must be built.
Anxiety, mindfulness and the natural unity of life
Although only now becoming widely known, mindfulness is an ancient technique, shared by Gautama Buddha some 2,500 years ago (but one that may be even older).
More suicidal GOP gaffes as McConnell scolds corporations: Forget fair elections but keep paying...
What if refusing to challenge the most onerous election obstacles hurts corporate bottom lines, the ultimate wickedness?
Red pilled General? The strange odyssey of Michael Flynn
As terrifying a prospect as it is, it isn’t inconceivable that General Flynn may come to have political ambitions of his own in the years ahead.
Democratic leaders are a craven bunch of idiots bent on self-destruction
We’re hearing a whole lot of the same old bad ideas, and some new ones that are even worse than bad.
Fighting Inequality at the Local Level
While it's still legal to exercise your First Amendment rights, transit workers in Grand Rapids are organizing against pension theft and fare hikes. It's time we stop widening the inequality gap and start bridging it.
Anger Translation: Why Obama Was Ranting Against GOP Climate Policy at Press Dinner
Big Oil, Big Coal and Big Gas have such a strong grip on Congress, helping to avoid climate disruption. And that is why President Obama went into his comedic rant against climate denial at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner.
How to keep ‘public’ and ‘service’ in our public postal service
These profiteers and plutocratic ideologues constantly put out propaganda, castigating the Postal Service as a massive, money-sucking, deteriorating, bureaucratic behemoth.
Syrian Refugees in Canada Donating to Help Climate Refugees (Video)
Annalise Klingbeil of the Calgary Herald wrote that the drive was begun with an Arabic posting on a private Facebook group for Syrian refugees in Alberta province by recent arrival Rita Khanchet.
The Last Time Summer Was This Hot, Human Beings Hadn’t Yet Left Africa
“In other words, it is not clear that we can survive big temperature increases like 6 and 10 degrees C.”