Even if the rumors about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' impending resignation are true, the attack upon America's teachers is just getting started.
The Supreme Court announced in September it is going to hear early next year...
Who would have imagined people would have to protest for a free and open internet?
Yet that is exactly what is planned to occur outside Federal Communication Commission (FCC) headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, the day...
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1. The guy who's proud of knowing Absolutely. Nothing. About. The. U.S.
2. The guy who's mostly...
In his last State of the Union address, former President Barack Obama said we need "to change the system to reflect our better selves." On the top of that list was ending gerrymandering. He said:
"We...
Sharing this video is the best response you can ever give to right-wingers (or even left-wingers) who get glossy-eyed and claim America is the best country in the world.
The White House, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., has housed all our presidents from President John Adams to the current president, Donald Trump.
The sitting president when the White House was constructed was President George...
For decades, the Republican Party has been catering to the far-right extremists. Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, is trying to get rid of the law that bars churches from participating in politics.
The Republican platform for...
"You say you want a revolution?"
Well, it might not be far off.
That is according to a study published in Nature tracing characteristics of history's most consequential revolutions.
Using a rubric called the Gini coefficient, scientists from Washington State University and...
Many are aware Meta--the company now formerly known as Facebook--is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls.
But human traffickers?
Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and...
The blatant disregard for human life emanating from the Republican party is not something we might not have expected in an America of yesterday.
But as Donald Trump, right-wing hate media, and deep-pocketed right-wing groups get...
On April 12, 2016, then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a campaign rally at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in which he talked about the "physiology of poverty."
In other words, concern over where...
On this sacrosanct day on which we celebrate the inimical Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's timeless legacy, it's normal to reflect on the ways in which Dr. King would be disappointed with the current occupant...
While right-wing hate media--and even some so-called "left" outlets--are busy making the "Hunter Biden laptop scandal" "Hillary's emails" 2.0, there is a real scandal the media has decided to all but ignore.
Maybe that's because it...
Last week, the World Inequality Lab released its first report based on the World Wealth and Income Database (WID). Constructed in part by famous economist Thomas Piketty, the report released at the Paris School of Economics....
Thanks to six, second year video game design students in Britain; you can now take a short flight through London before the Great Fire of 1666. The British Library, GameCity, and famous software company Crytek,...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said:
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
One of the promises President Donald Trump made on the campaign trail was to deny millions of refugees admission to...
During a meeting with the New York Times on Tuesday, Donald Trump declared that the normal conflict of interest laws which apply to all American citizens don't apply to him because he's the president. Specifically,...
There are fewer hate groups in the United States today.
According to Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), in a report titled "The Year in Hate and Extremism" for 2021, hate group membership dropped for the third straight...
It's November 15th. Seven days after the American presidency was hijacked by an 'anus-mouthed leathery tangerine' and things are already hitting the fan. Those of you familiar with Eckhart Tolle you will understand the term 'pain-body.'
The...
We woke up this morning to the first government shutdown in four years.
The past few days, there has been little talk about anything else in the media, leaving many wondering what the effects of a...
