Plague Journal #11: A Different Kind of Education Experience
Online learning is no panacea for what ails education, now or ever.
‘Redacted Tonight’: Scheer & Camp on the Fall of American Journalism, China, and the Economy
They also discuss anti-China sentiment, the two-party political system, the state of the economy, Trump's election, Russiagate, and more.
Hedges/Dore: The Real Looting Of America CNN Won’t Show You
Chris Hedges on The Jimmy Dore Show discuss the roots of this terrible moment in American history.
Call for POC Solidarity: Wealth Is Inherently Built on the Suffering of Others
Do not make the mistake of projecting your rage at 'rioters', rage at the system that created the NECESSITY for riots.
Black and Blue
Mr. FishDwayne Booth (a.k.a., Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist and freelance writer, has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper’s Magazine, his…
Pandemic News – Then and Now
A poem ripped from the headlines by a queer who remembers
Teacher Wisdom: K-12 Students Cannot Return to Campus This Fall
Physical distancing at schools is impossible. Now is the time to prepare robust distance learning and close the technology gap.
Plague Journal #10: What Kids Remember
Whether it was the duck and cover drills of last centry, or wearing masks and social distancing today, children are asked to weather disasters of adult leadership.
Sarah Holt: A Global Look at the Virus That Upended the World
The filmmaker's NOVA documentary, “Decoding Covid-19,” offers a hopeful account of the international cooperation that has stemmed from the unprecedented crisis.
Fundamentalist Pandemics
A Tomgram: Juan Cole, Iran and the U.S., an irony of curious affinity.
FOH 64: Dunbar-Ortiz on the Pandemic’s Impact on Native Americans
Legendary activist and author of "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" also discusses the connections between the Second Amendment, white supremacy and settler colonialism.
[Excerpt] ‘Bernie’s Brooklyn: How Growing Up in the New Deal City Shaped Bernie Sanders’ Politics’
Far from being totally alien to the American way, the sort of socialism Bernie advocates was commonplace where he grew up.
Foreign Correspondent: Michael Flynn’s Forgotten Turkish Connection
Before Russiagate, the former national security advisor was an operative for Turkey, tilting foreign policy against the Kurds.
U.S. Regional Imperialism: Big Sticks, and Even Bigger Guns
Our history in Latin America is marked by arrogance and aggression. Is what's happening in Venezuela any different?
The End of Privacy?
FROM CNN: It took the attacks of September 11, 2001 to shove aside the previous decade’s phobia of mass surveillance, and usher in an era where many of us imagined…