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#VoteLGBT: Campaign For LGBT Political Representation in Brazil
The initiative publicizes Brazilian Legislative candidates in favor of LGBT civil rights.
Henry A. Giroux | ISIS and the Spectacle of Terrorism: Resisting Mainstream Workstations of Fear
The spectacle of neoliberal terrorism, violence and misery has become one of the major organizing principles of everyday life.
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Ferguson Fridays: White Antiracism, Social Media and the Problem of Self-Serving Allying
White anti-racism often functions simultaneously as self-promotion and a mechanism for building social and cultural capital.
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Does California’s “Kill Switch” Bill for Smartphones Risk Privacy for Personal Safety?
California has made the kill switch feature mandatory for all smartphones sold in California starting next year.
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Police in Ferguson Are Firing Tear Gas Canisters Manufactured During the Cold War Era
Analysis of less-lethal weapons deployed against residents of Ferguson, Missouri reveals that police are using decades-old tear gas and riot control agents that may pose health risks to the …
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Why Is the Cuomo Administration Automatically Deleting State Employees’ Emails?
A previously unpublished memo raises new questions about New York Stateu2019s policy of purging emails after 90 days.
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Democrat Youth Wing Fires Members Who Criticized Israel’s Child Killings
This strain of fascism seems to be migrating from Israel, where students and employees have been punished and fired for expressing sympathy for Gaza on social media.
A Teacher Remembers His Class Before the Age of Facebook
Thirty-five human beings sharing the same space met in real time and bonded around a common experience. But, that world in education is slowly slipping away.
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From Stand-Up to Twitter, a New Generation’s Fresh Take on Storytelling
Today's storytellers show that each of us can be part of something more powerful, diverse, and creative than we might have imagined.
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It’s Complicated: Facebook’s History of Tracking You
Facebook is launching an aggressive technique to track people across the Web.