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Before the Dawn: A Reflection on “Guantánamo Diary“
When I read the words of Mohamedou Ould Slahi after years of torture, I have to believe that a dawn will come.
You, Too, Can Buy a Congressman!
But here's a better idea: Let's just take our democracy off the market altogether.
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Why Bree Newsome’s Action Was the “Amazing Grace” I Needed
She showed us that we liberate ourselves through our actions. We, must keep living, fighting, breathing, doing.
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I Streaked Rahm Emanuel to Get a Billionaire to Pay Up for Social Justice
Please help put public pressure on Alki David to get him to pay up!
Plans Proceed to Extract Oil and Gas From Bolivia’s National Parks
Bolivian President Evo Morales escalates the stakes in the debate over extractivism as an anti poverty strategy.
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Who Is the Patient: Insurance Industry or Real People?
We need to recognize the failures of the insurance industry even as they receive their second bailout from SCOTUS.
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Charleston Massacre Forces White Nationalists Out of the Shadows
Charleston massacre forces white nationalists to face increased media scrutiny.
The State(s) of the Affordable Care Act
In some states, only extremely poor parents and children are eligible for Medicaid, leaving large numbers of people who unable to access health care.
Henry A. Giroux | Orwell, Huxley and the Scourge of the Surveillance State
As more people consent to government and corporate collection of personal data, there is widespread collective indifference to the growth of the surveillance state.
World’s Forests Are Fragmenting Into Tiny Patches, Risking Mass Extinctions
The loss of forest has wrought dramatic consequences for biodiversity.