Tag: society
The corrosive delusion of progress and the American dream
Most crises trace back to identifiable decisions and actions. Even the lead-up to the two world wars could have been disrupted numerous...
American Historical Assoc. votes overwhelmingly to support resolution to oppose Scholasticide...
We speak to Sherene Seikaly and Barbara Weinstein, two scholars who supported the resolution and helped push for the groundbreaking vote.
Incremental progress—is—revolutionary
By making small differences where we can, we gradually move society toward the more equitable, just, and fair place we all want for ourselves and future generations.
The well-heeled and our personal well-being
Do we need, some observers of our fraying social fabric suggest, more people in public life noble enough to champion basic ethical norms?
Can we still find common ground?
Without a shared sense of common good, there can be no “we” to begin with.
Collapse 2.0
Are we already all too close to the edge of the kind of systemic failure experienced so many centuries ago by the Mayans, the ancient Puebloans, and the Viking Greenlanders?
The all American 8th deadly sin…
Apathy!! Add that one to the list of: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride.
‘The greatest purveyor of violence in the world’
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
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MAGA’s nightmare cult embodies the manic venom of old-time religion without the good
Like religious fundamentalism, MAGA Trump broaches no dissent, indeed feeds upon opposition to justify undeserved privileges, dividing the world between the saved and sinful deserving punishment.
Lawmakers move to block Trump from dragging US into war with Iran amid Israeli...
As Israel intensifies strikes on Iran, Democratic and Republican lawmakers introduce legislation to restrain Trump from launching unauthorized military action.
Senate GOP deepens Medicaid cuts to fund Trump tax breaks as healthcare losses mount
Republicans propose harsher work requirements, provider tax reductions, and new co-pays that threaten millions of low-income Americans’ access to care.
5 million reject Trump’s militarism with No Kings protests as immigration raids expand
Nationwide demonstrations denounce authoritarianism, ICE crackdowns, and Trump’s $45 million military parade while calling for sustained resistance.
Blaming the poor while the rich sneak off with the welfare
Republicans say they only want to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. To do this they're wasting lives, defrauding their constituents, and abusing the privilege of leadership.