Eduardo Galeano: The Celebration That Was Not
. The peons on the farms of Argentina’s Patagonia went out on strike against stunted wages and overgrown workdays, and the army took charge of restoring order. Executions are grueling. … Continue reading
James Keye: Wake up to your Myths, America!
. I created this list of “American Myths” 25 years ago thinking that some significant part of the people would begin to understand them over time. What seems to be … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: In Indiana religious wars, money talks
We learn same old lesson from Indiana law that claims to protect religious rights: Money talks. When did the fight about religious liberty change from protecting the right to practice … Continue reading
Eduardo Galeano: The Shoe
In 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary, was murdered in Berlin. Her killers bludgeoned her with rifle blows and tossed her into the waters of a canal. Along the way, she … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: The Rich
. And it came to pass there was no place left to pile the garbage, no place to live, so the rich pushed all the others into the outer darkness … Continue reading
Video: Do Antidepressant Drugs Really Work?
Dr. Michael Greger: Newly released Freedom of Information Act documents show that drug companies and the FDA hid critical findings from doctors and the public.
Lulu Nunn: 74 Essential Books (an alternative canon)
When Open Culture recently published Jorge Luis Borges’ list of 74 ‘great works of literature’, Lulu Nunn saw one glaring issue: the list included no works by women. Whether intentional … Continue reading
Video: Amiri Baraka reads “Somebody Blew up America”
“Somebody Blew Up America” by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown on saxophone, recorded on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY. This is the poem … Continue reading
Tim Parker: The True Cost Of Pharmaceutical Scandals
The term, “Big Pharma,” commonly describes large pharmaceutical corporations like Pfizer, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline and other large- and mega-cap companies. They pour billions of dollars into research to cure the world’s … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Holiness Comes For The Archbishop
Several of my non-Catholic friends have asked me about Pope Francis and Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador. It is not often I am asked about the process of beatification. … Continue reading
Richard Sahn: Life Lessons from Dorothy Day
In 1933 Dorothy Day, a progressive journalist and Catholic convert, and Peter Maurin, a French peasant and philosopher, founded an anarchist-pacifist movement and newspaper they called the “Catholic Worker.” The … Continue reading
Kshama Sawant: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
SEATTLE—Kshama Sawant, the socialist on the City Council, is up for re-election this year. Since joining the council in January of 2014 she has helped push through a gradual raising … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Reflections on 2043 Which According to the Most Recent Census Data Is the Year When Whites Will No Longer Be the Majority in the United States
Although the odds are against it if I am still alive and able I will walk out the door of my house my head held high my legs moving strong … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: The Elusive Truth
Truth keeps getting harder to recognize these days. I am reminded of Antonioni’s film, Blow Up (1966), in which a photographer happens upon a possible murder in a London park, … Continue reading →