Tag: culture
The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
To restore nature, we must invest more in our children
Understanding the connection between women’s and children’s rights, family planning, and the environmental crisis.
We are living through a paradigm shift in our understanding of...
An interview with Professor Chris Stringer, one of the leading experts on human evolution.
The massive roadblocks standing in the way of American greatness
Can the America of today be considered one of the greatest nations in the world?
Nepo babies and the myth of the meritocracy
Society’s top tiers are rife with nepotism. It’s past time to expose just how much unearned wealth and power has been accrued by elites.
How to survive us
Young people need real information and analysis, survival skills and resources.
Successful tool lending libraries force us to rethink what the public...
Spawned in the wake of World War II, tool libraries lend implements and devices and provide practical guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.
Burning books (or rather book companies)
Think of this as the modern capitalist version of burning books, though as with those fossil-fuel companies, it is, in reality, more like burning the future.
Four Black women who have advanced human rights
The four introduced here are inspirational—for the changes they brought about, for their work ethic, and for their passion to improve the everyday lives of marginalized or oppressed groups.
Nice try, Chris Hedges, but neither Joyce, nor Ulysses offers a...
Where's proof behind Hedges' hyperbole that James Joyce is especially unique in railing against the "poisons of nationalism and idolatry"—or offers political urgency?
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Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans
Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
GOP plan would force poor Americans to pay more for Medicaid to fund tax...
A Republican-backed budget proposal would slash healthcare access for millions by imposing new Medicaid fees on low-income Americans while paving the way for massive tax cuts for the wealthy.
The obscenity of collective punishment in Gaza
Netanyahu is about to escalate, yet again, his war crimes in Gaza.
Crypto kickback: GOP bill boosts Trump family wealth as corruption claims mount
Trump’s $TRUMP coin dinner, Abu Dhabi deals, and a fast-tracked Senate crypto bill raise alarms over corruption and billionaire influence.
The perennial struggle of young workers
This May Day, celebrate the young workers in your life. And if you are a young worker, start organizing with your coworkers—you might be surprised at what you can build together.