Tag: culture
The Trump-Musk cultural revolution
Do they want to root out all vestiges of progressivism, liberalism, and secularism from American society?
Why we evolved to dream at night and what dreams mean
We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them?
Why Indigenous-led management is integral to reconciliation and restoration efforts
Indigenous traditional knowledge has the potential to overturn western systems destined for doom.
What we can learn from Gen Z workers
Rather than blame young workers for bad attitudes, we need to understand why Gen Z prioritizes its well-being over company health—and learn from them.
The growing movement to bring back community grief and ritual
A free and open community grief-tending event in Berkeley, California, set an example for coming to terms with loss—of people we love and of nature.
Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect
According to the American Library Association, Texas was home to the most attempts to ban or restrict books in 2022.
NPR falsely claims its reporter is the only one to visit...
This led into a harrowing story of how its reporter arrived in Nicaragua…and reported without incident.
American carnage: To be Black in Trump’s America
While Black people are certainly not the sole target of Trump’s rhetoric and the abuse of like-minded mobs, we are one of the greatest tests of the functioning of American democracy.
When corporate media fail, independent media rise up
Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.
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.
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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.