Video: “War Music” by Kate Tempest
Poet Kate Tempest performs “War Music” with improvised accompaniment by Tongue Fu.
Patricia A. Nugent: Why Some Jews “Do” Christmas and Some Christians Don’t Follow Their Messiah
My Jewish friends send Christmas cards. They decorate Christmas trees and exchange gifts. They bake Christmas cookies. They even attend midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. When asked why, their … Continue reading
Jen Marlowe: “One Family in Gaza”
One Family in Gaza, Jen Marlowe’s award-winning short documentary film featuring the Awajah family. Included here by permission of TomDispatch.
Daniel Burston: Corruption in the Mental Health Professions — Psychology, Psychiatry and the “New Normal”
The Social Psychology of Corruption Ask yourself the following question; “What is the most corrupt place in the world?” Forget Sodom … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Sanitizing Evil
Like the Nazis & other evil-doers, American torture apologists use language to sanitize evil How do we know that those who are defending the American torture program under the presidency … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: This Feminist (Still) Loves Lucy
I still love Lucy. The I Love Lucy Show is one of the few sitcoms from my childhood that can still make me laugh out loud. As a devoted member … Continue reading
Lewis Turco: Burning the News
The fire is eating the paper. The child who drowned is burned. Asia is in flames. As he signs his great bill, a minister of state chars at the edges … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Why I Can’t Stand To Watch The Game Anymore
Because I can’t bear the sight of these middle-aged men declaring the next day that the firing of six bullets into an unarmed black man was necessary and justified and … Continue reading
Maxine Scates: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
My friend’s sons are driving across the country and I keep thinking, as my friend must think every hour of every day, how they might come to the town where … Continue reading
Lauren McCauley: ‘The Alarm Bells are Ringing’ — From Athletes to Environmentalists, a Universal Call for Racial Justice Emerges
While the protests over deaths of Eric Garner and Mike Brown refuse to stand down, leading environmentalists, labor protesters and others show their solidarity saying: “These issues are not separate.” … Continue reading
More on the Torture Report
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
An unrepentant Dick Cheney in 2008 W.J. Astore Six years ago, Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that he had approved waterboarding as one of…
Deirdre Fulton: On Capitol Hill, Chefs Speak Out for GMO Labeling
‘Having honest, clear labeling of the foods we eat is a fundamental right, one that’s worth fighting for.’ –Tom Colicchio More than 700 chefs and restauranteurs are calling on Congress … Continue reading
Dawn Potter: The Marketing of American Individualism
On the morning after our most recent election debacle, I received a note from a bewildered Canadian friend: Not my place to comment, at least publicly, on another country’s political … Continue reading →