An Education in Inequality
What Tim Brown has learned from the Penn State scandal about institutional racism. In life, you never know when you will be presented with a learning opportunity. Often one of the barriers of positive...
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We came together as a country eleven years ago. Can we do it again in 2012? Today is a day that seems to be revered in the hearts of Americans all over the country. Eleven years ago, planes piloted by...
View ArticleTo Be a Modern Vampire
It absolutely was my move to the City That Never Sleeps that sparked my transformation from “average kid who doesn’t love getting up early” to “guy who rarely stirs before noon.” — I wasn’t always like...
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The trending hashtag was a vital response to a terrible situation. — By Chris Allen, University of Birmingham Against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty following the hostage taking in Sydney,...
View ArticleJustice or Else! Solidarity on the Anniversary of the Million Man March
Photo: Ellison McKnight On October 16, 1995 there I stood on the great lawn in Washington DC, one in a Million. The other day, I did it again. — 10-10-15 had final arrived. The day that would bring...
View ArticleAn Education in Inequality
What Tim Brown has learned from the Penn State scandal about institutional racism. In life, you never know when you will be presented with a learning opportunity. Often one of the barriers of positive...
View ArticleThe Amnesia of 9/11
We came together as a country eleven years ago. Can we do it again in 2012? Today is a day that seems to be revered in the hearts of Americans all over the country. Eleven years ago, planes piloted by...
View ArticleTo Be a Modern Vampire
It absolutely was my move to the City That Never Sleeps that sparked my transformation from “average kid who doesn’t love getting up early” to “guy who rarely stirs before noon.” — I wasn’t always like...
View ArticleAustralia Tweeted #IllRideWithYou—and Showed Great Solidarity in a Moment of...
The trending hashtag was a vital response to a terrible situation. — By Chris Allen, University of Birmingham Against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty following the hostage taking in Sydney,...
View ArticleJustice or Else! Solidarity on the Anniversary of the Million Man March
Photo: Ellison McKnight On October 16, 1995 there I stood on the great lawn in Washington DC, one in a Million. The other day, I did it again. — 10-10-15 had final arrived. The day that would bring...
View ArticleAn Unprecedented Diversity in Representation
Embed from Getty Images It is the gathering of hundreds of sovereign Nations to fight one thread of corporate America. But to understand the breathtaking reality of the situation, I should first paint...
View ArticleTime for Some Action—There’s a Ton of Work to Do, Regardless Who Wins
I won’t be at peace on November 9th. Even if Hillary wins. Because there is a ton of work to do. We’re on the cusp of a monumental election. Either it’ll go down in history as the first time we’ve...
View ArticleEnvironmental Injustice in Morocco, Just 300km South of COP22
Delegates, politicians, hundreds of people are flooding to Marrakech, Morocco this month for the COP22 (22nd Conference of the Parties). The annual meeting follows the 1992 United Nations Framework...
View ArticleWho Will Be Left?
Embed from Getty Images—I was at the start of my adolescence when 9/11 happened. A moment in time when our generation was changed forever with the message that nothing is sacred.I got engaged the year...
View ArticleForging the New Left: Politics, Virtue, and the Bleeding Heart
Embed from Getty Images—I believe that our current political and social dichotomy is evolving from the Democrat vs. Republican divide of the 20th century into an overtly social justice ethic vs. an...
View ArticleFor White People who Want the Racist Nightmare to end, we Must Reclaim our...
Embed from Getty Images—We who are the descendants of indentured European servants and of European working class immigrants who fought back against bosses and their police to form unions and fight for...
View ArticleComcast Employees Rally in Opposition to Travel Ban
The news media called Thursday afternoon’s direct action by Comcast employees a walkout, but Mr. Sree Kotay, the Chief Technology Officer for Comcast Cable, defined it as a rally organized by...
View ArticleAn Education in Inequality
What Tim Brown has learned from the Penn State scandal about institutional racism.In life, you never know when you will be presented with a learning opportunity.Often one of the barriers of positive...
View ArticleThe Amnesia of 9/11
We came together as a country eleven years ago. Can we do it again in 2012?Today is a day that seems to be revered in the hearts of Americans all over the country. Eleven years ago, planes piloted by...
View ArticleTo Be a Modern Vampire
It absolutely was my move to the City That Never Sleeps that sparked my transformation from “average kid who doesn’t love getting up early” to “guy who rarely stirs before noon.”—I wasn’t always like...
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