Tag: society
How inclusionary social movements succeed
Inclusionary social movements attempt to “widen the ‘we.’”
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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What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did
Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.
Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead of schedule
Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.
U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge
Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.
Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad
Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.
Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns
Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.