Patricia A. Nugent: Death with Dignity — Continuing the Conversation
After swallowing the doctor-prescribed lethal pills, she died in her bed, surrounded by family members. We knew she was going to do it; she had been quite open about it. … Continue reading
Sam Pizzigati: The Peasants Still Have Their Pitchforks
Americans want what 21st century politics has so far not delivered: real options for challenging concentrated wealth. What can we expect Congress to do about America’s staggeringly top-heavy concentration of … Continue reading
Nadia Prupis: Marijuana legalization passes in Alaska, Oregon and Washington DC
Marijuana reform advocates score big on Tuesday. Oregon’s ballot measure was modeled on the successful legislation that previously passed in Colorado and Washington State, which will also create a regulatory … Continue reading
Jose Padua: My Introduction to the Hierarchy of Beings
I must admit that when I was a child one of the first things that made me appreciate my tropical roots was the mango. When I dug into its rough … Continue reading
Chana Bloch: Potato Eaters
My grandmother never did learn to write. “Making love” was not in her lexicon; I wonder if she ever took off her clothes when her husband performed his conjugal duties. … Continue reading
Deirdre Fulton: Dozens of Communities Vote to Boot Big Money from Politics
Huge margins back up claim that ‘nearly all Americans share the sentiment that corporations should not have the same rights as people’ – Citizens in dozens of communities voted overwhelmingly … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Fighting the Frackers
On Nov 4, 2014, the town of Denton, TX, with 123,000 residents, situated in the middle of the Barnett Shale formation and one of the most heavily fracked areas of … Continue reading
Rebecca Solnit: Feminism — The Men Arrive!
(Hooray! Uh-Oh!) What do the prime minister of India, retired National Football League punter Chris Kluwe, and superstar comedian Aziz Ansari have in common? It’s not that they’ve all walked … Continue reading
Video: “Peace Piece” by Bill Evans
Hailed as one of the most beautiful and evocative solo piano improvisations ever performed, Bill Evans’s “Peace Piece” is an unrehearsed modal composition that he recorded for his “Everybody Digs … Continue reading
Jose Padua: A Slightly Hard-Boiled History of my Life as it Moves Slowly away from Cities
It was the summer of 1996. I’d just gotten the money from my discrimination settlement, so Heather and I celebrated by meeting in the great city of Chicago when her … Continue reading
UNICEF Report: Child Poverty On Rise in World’s Richest Countries
Since 2008, child poverty has increased in a majority of the 41 most affluent nations, UNICEF report finds. Children remain “the most enduring victims” of the recession in the world’s … Continue reading
Video: Voter Suppression
Vote. But don’t stop there. Engage, and start the conversation of democracy where you live — in your apartment complex, on your block, in your neighborhood. There is always at … Continue reading
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship: Don’t Let Them Silence You — Vote, Dammit.
A new nationwide effort to suppress the vote, nurtured by fear and fierce resistance to inevitable demographic change, has hammered the ideals of democracy in the United States. (Photo: Erik … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Courtesy
While stopped at a light this afternoon the big black pickup truck beside me was playing something like Toby Keith while I was sitting in my minivan playing “Right Off” … Continue reading
