Tag: culture
Nearly 15,000 counter Trump event with El Paso rally to reject...
"The only threat to our border community is Donald Trump's lies. A border wall is a threat to our environment, our economy and everyday lives as fronterizos."
Black Lives Matter is making single moms homeowners
In Louisville, the group is purchasing vacant homes for low-income families to promote stability in the community and fight gentrification.
Dialogue: Women’s March leaders on anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism & more
Teresa Shook, one of the founders of the Women’s March movement, called for the removal of the four national co-chairs and accused them of allowing “anti-Semitism, anti-LBGTQIA sentiment and hateful, racist rhetoric to become a part of the platform.”
Building MLK’s beloved community in 2019 and beyond
By taking up positive political and environmental activism, many citizens, in the U.S. and around the world, are still working to make Dr. King’s beloved community a reality.
Women’s March survives and thrives in LA
“There wasn’t just a blue wave, there was a pink wave, and we’re proud of it.”
Give children the vote, strengthen democracy
Facilitating such participation would not only encourage broader social responsibility among young people, it would enrich and strengthen democracy itself.
Best antidote to GOP-Trumpery: ‘Make America happy, again’
“Make America Great Again” is fast becoming the most infamous, ironic, fake promise ever made – as misery abounds. Trump showed that fear-mongering fixations work short-term; let’s try happiness-mongering.
States can break up big banks. Here’s how.
Big banks are unpopular in both red and blue states; breaking them up could attract support across party lines and prove a winning electoral strategy.
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.