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ISIS in Washington: The United States’ Soundtrack of Hysteria
“Amid the waves of fear and continual headlines about terror plots, we, the people, have now largely been relegated to the role of frightened spectators.”
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Michael Brown Had a Father
Will Ferguson shift media ideas on “fixing” black men?
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A Crisis Turned Catastrophe in Texas
The Texan legislature created a crisis of women's health care with House Bill 2, and the latest decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will bring Texan women …
Black Prophetic Fire: Cornel West on the Revolutionary Legacy of Leading African-American Voices
The renowned scholar, author and activist Dr. Cornel West discusses his latest book, “Black Prophetic Fire.”
Hong Kong Protests Carefully Choreographed, Not Spontaneous
Tiananmen analogies are a barrier to understanding what's really going on in Hong Kong says Peter Lee, Journalist for the Asia Times Online.
Death of US-Backed Ex-Dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier Won’t End Haitian Victims’ Quest for Justice
The former US-backed dictator of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc,” has died at 63.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Global Inequality Keeps Getting Worse, and More
In today's On the News segment: Global inequality just keeps getting worse, and more.
Demanding Local Power From Hong Kong to New York
Decentralized power, electoral transparency, local decision making about local concerns: are those Hong Kong's demands or ours?
International Day of Nonviolence in Afghanistan
We need this excitement to generate more and more circles of friendship, along with many more relationships that can help us understand that our governments have unfortunately disguised perpetual …
The Smart Bomb
My parents, I can hardly recognize them.