The number of censored titles tripled in just one year, according to research by the organization PEN America
The number of censored titles tripled in just one year, according to research by the organization PEN America
A psychologist and human connection researcher explains how individual acts of kindness and connection can have a real impact on global change when these acts are collective.
Strengthening relationships strengthens communities, which influences societies.
Beware Black Friday: Consumerism, Worker Exploitation, and Environmental Harm
From start to stop, the shopping stampede known as Black Friday exposes the deep failures of our economic system.
Pretty soon, this might be the only way. I’m open to suggestions though.
Great use of talent, thanks.
A Corporate Media System Bound to Capitalism Delivers for Trump for a Second Time
The fact that Trump prevailed is a damning statement on the health of media institutions that have failed us over and over again.
The fact that Trump prevailed is a damning statement on the health of media institutions that have failed us over and over again.
The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.
The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.
Rural carriers, whose salaries have been slashed by tens of thousands under a new evaluation system, were notified earlier this week that they would be invoiced for overpayment supposedly due to inaccurate accounting for route adjustments.
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Where did they get the cigarettes? Were they 20 year old stale cigarettes?
Decoupling ‘The Good Life’ from Capitalism
Rethinking abundance, wellbeing, and security in a post-growth world.
Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do To Counter Fascism
Jewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. —Pirkei Avot (2:21) As Christofascism takes the reins of US power, thereby impacting the whole of th...
Jewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here.
Despite the attorney general’s declaration that Illinois schools should stop using police to discipline students, officers statewide continue to ticket kids with costly fines. One lawmaker will again pursue legislation to end the practice.
Despite the attorney general’s declaration that Illinois schools should stop using police to discipline students, officers statewide continue to ticket kids with costly fines. One lawmaker will again pursue legislation to end the practice.
Reported move would mean loss of 15,000 personnel at a time when the US is struggling to recruit, warn charities
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.
Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.
Recently leaked memos reveal that a number of Trump’s prospects for cabinet positions have in fact been cartoon characters, and everyone on his staff is too cowardly to tell him they aren’t real.
Trump wants to make Brendan Carr, who wrote for Project 2025, the head of his FCC – and Carr wants to go after NBC and the other big broadcasters.
Trump wants to make Brendan Carr, who wrote for Project 2025, the head of his FCC – and Carr wants to go after NBC and the other big broadcasters.
The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant.
You’re not wrong. And I understand the sentiment. But we have to encourage others who have less understanding, so they might see the difference you do.
Excellent observation.
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.”
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.”
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
There seems to be a large percentage of recent college graduates who are unemployed.
There seems to be a large percentage of recent college graduates who are unemployed.
They already did that, nothing happened.
Fear has been successfully commodified.
It’s cheaper creatively to rehash intellectual property than to budget for new creative endeavors. See hauntology.
Capitalist realism as I understand it ... is more like a pervasive atmosphere, conditioning not only the production of culture but also the regulation of work and education, and acting as a kind of invisible barrier constraining thought and action. Mark Fisher
Thanks. I can’t read this now, but will definitely take time.