Robert C. Koehler: The Courage to Disarm
The Ferguson tragedy, like all those that preceded it and all that will follow — involving the trivial and panicky use of lethal force, by the police or anyone else … Continue reading
Rebecca Solnit: Men Explain Things to Me
I still don’t know why Sallie and I bothered to go to that party in the forest slope above Aspen. The people were all older than us and dull in … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Aquarius, And My Name Is Ralph
I’m sitting at a table in a nightclub during the disco 70s with my friend Paul and his older friend who’s also named Paul who’s about five feet tall and … Continue reading
Clifford Thompson: Improvising America
For years, as an African-American, I sought to figure out my cultural identity. My manner and lifestyle went against what many think of as the way a “real” black person … Continue reading
Kathy Kelly: A Teacher in Kabul
Zekerullah going to school in Bamiyan. (Photo via Kathy Kelly) Here in Kabul, one of my finest friends is Zekerullah, who has gone back to school in the 8th grade … Continue reading
Nadia Prupis: More Police Departments Using Drones
Anti-war groups call for increased scrutiny over use of drones as law enforcement tools. Police departments in the U.S. are increasingly considering the use of drones as a law enforcement … Continue reading
Playwright Wallace Shawn translates ADL ad justifying Israeli child murder into plain English
ADL ad that appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. Playwright and actor Wallace Shawn has responded to this Anti-Defamation League(ADL) ad blaming Palestinians for Israel’s mass slaughter of children in Gaza. … Continue reading
Bob Herbert: The Fire This Time
I remember the stunned reaction of so many Americans back in the summer of 2005 when legions of poor black people in desperate circumstances seemed to have suddenly and inexplicably … Continue reading
Ferguson Police Officer Justin Cosma Hog-Tied And Injured A Young Child, Lawsuit Alleges
According to a lawsuit filed in 2012 in Missouri federal court, Justin Cosma and another officer, Richard Carter, approached a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mailbox at the end … Continue reading
Over 10,000 Turn Out to Tel Aviv Peace Rally
Thousands fill Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square under the message: “Changing Direction: Toward Peace, Away from War” Thousands fill Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square under the message: “Changing Direction: Toward Peace, Away … Continue reading
Jews Demand Community Leaders Show Moral Leadership on Gaza
Jewish Voice for Peace delivers petitions to Jewish community leaders in major U.S. cities demanding they call for end to Israeli occupation of Palestine. OAKLAND – Over the last two … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
After writing an essay in my freshman English lit classin which I discussed James Joyce’s Ulysses as the nextlogical step for narrative after Ford Maddox Ford’sThe Good Soldier, my professor, … Continue reading
‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’: A Call For Nation-Wide Action in Face of Rising ‘Epidemic’
“The murders of unarmed people in our communities has reached epidemic numbers.” This is the warning that kicks off a national call from the Dream Defenders—the group that grabbed the … Continue reading
Nadia Prupis: Decade of Court Cases Quietly Wiped from Online Database.
PACER removes electronic copies of cases from five US courts with no warning in ‘upgrade’ to new system A decade of records from four U.S. appeals courts and one bankruptcy … Continue reading →