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27 Things to Leave Behind in 2014
By Stacey Woods 1. Liking Things Ironically The Baby Boomers rebelled against their dorky parents. We Gen Xers, however, couldn’t rebel against our parents since rebelling against your parents had been done, so instead, we cultivated irony; it was all … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, change, commentary, culture, funny, life
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A Silent Bulletproof Prayer For Our Nation
by Michael Skolnik This morning I was awoken by sounds of a nine month baby boy trying to learn how to talk. Before the sun shed her glory upon this great nation and through my bedroom windows, I could … Continue reading
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Tagged children, commentary, domestic violence, Global Grind, guns, Michael Skolnick, Newtown, Sandy Hook
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The Country That’s Dismantling Its System of Privilege for the 1% — Can the U.S. Be Next?
By Thom Hartmann Chileans have rejected Reaganomics, and it’s time we followed their lead. Back in the early 1970s, Chile was one of the most progressive countries in South America. Its democratically elected socialist president, Salvador Allende, nationalized big businesses … Continue reading
It’s time to take the white savior out of slavery narratives
By Daniel Jose’ Older In December of 1836, black abolitionist David Ruggles boarded a Portuguese slave ship in the New York harbor, freed its captives and had the white captain arrested. Tensions still ran high in the city from two … Continue reading
‘There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show’
By David Simon America is a country that is now utterly divided when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas. I live in one, on one block in Baltimore that is part of … Continue reading
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Tagged commentary, David Simon, economy, healthcare, inequality, Karl Marx, poverty, The Wire, United States, wall street
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We Are This Close to Losing Our Democracy to the Mercenary Class
By Bill Moyers I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document. By then, he had served on … Continue reading
Mandela, the Unapologetic Radical
By Vijay Prashad The warders called us by either our surnames or our Christian names. Each, I felt, was degrading, and I thought we should insist on the honorific ‘Mister.’ I pressed for this for many years, without success. Later, … Continue reading
How Nelson Mandela Changed My World
By Angelique Kidjo As I grew up on my continent, our own history was never told. Being a young girl raised in Benin, West Africa, I was even taught my ancestors were the Gauls! At age nine, I discovered by … Continue reading
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Income Inequality in 2014
By Lincoln Mitchell By the end of 2013, it appeared that the major domestic political story of the year had been the botched rollout and negative reaction, in some quarters, to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It is likely, however, … Continue reading →