The fusion of politics, news, and entertainment has given prominence to comics like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Bill Maher,…
Interview on the role of the U.S. in the escalating tensions and its capacity to reduce them
Interview on how the media landscape has changed in the age of social media, inspiring activist movements, the Republican’s sharp movement toward an insane style of politics, and the dangers of the new Cold War with China
The U.S. prison system is a crime against humanity. Here are just some of the reasons why.
Corporations like General Mills and ExxonMobil arenāt going to save us from white supremacist violence or climate annihilation with their piddly tweets
No need to be all apologetic about it, either, since we would just be reclaiming the trillions taken by the billionaires
This is a system built on the exploitation of others for gain. There was no time when that was not true. And thatās why we need a revolution of the mind
Despite millions of years of finding ways to survive, these species failed to outlast that most destructive force ā unfettered capitalism
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