Saturday, November 23, 2024

The good

They all saw beyond the illusions created by this current 'Everyone for themselves Capitalism on Steroids'. They did and they do good for the sake of, well, doing good!

The liberal arts are not disposable

A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts.

US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more in the 90s

When the U.S. detained Haitian refugees indefinitely, it set a precedent.

Climate crisis: What we can learn from indigenous traditions

By ignoring what Indigenous people know about how to protect their forests, we lose potential solutions to the climate crisis.

Corporate owners are spoiling sports

Whatever the sport, the name of the game these days is the same: money.

What’s a ‘black identity extremist’? Groups demand Trump Dhs release ‘race paper’

We must be especially intolerant of racism when it appears as official government policy, enshrined in secret documents in black and white.

NRA says Secret Service ‘responsible for event security,’ guns prohibited during Pence’s keynote speech

The NRA announced that weapons of all kinds will be prohibited from the Institute for Legislative Action Leadership forum "prior to and during" Vice President Mike Pence's keynote speech in Dallas on Friday.

How has Covid-19 affected our day-to-day behaviors?

Coronavirus culture has forever changed our social and economic behaviors, and even had a permanent impact on our psyche.

Love brings peace

Peace and love are the only answer.

Old man world

We’ll be watching as an all-American world possibly spins slowly out of control.