Brains and Eggs

And so they did https://t.co/u40rGSacVy
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) November 6, 2024

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

“The problem we are running into is just a fundamental social question of ‘well, are we going to take care of each other or not? Are we going to take care of our neighbors?’”https://t.co/iCG6ytXSja
— Dr. Joe Jarvis (@DrJoeQJarvis) January 12, 2024

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

Lunch break inside the astrodome while under construction pic.twitter.com/tTB4iVE68g
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 28, 2024

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Dissident Voice

The Public Life of Noam Chomsky - A man of stupendous brilliance.” — Norman Finkelstein “A gargantuan influence.” — Chris Hedges “ … brilliant … unswerving … relentless … heroic.” — Arund...
Al Jazeera English

Cars to fruit: The goods set to get pricier under Trump’s tariff plans - US president-elect's proposed tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico would raise the prices of numerous products.
The Verge

The best Black Friday smartwatch and fitness tracker deals - [image: Person listening to music from the Apple Watch Series 10] *The Apple Watch Series 10 is on sale for Black Friday, too.* | photo by Amelia Holowaty...
The Week

The week's best photos - Festive firecrackers, a bus stop romance, and more
memeorandum

Louise Haigh quits UK government as transport secretary over stolen phone 'mistake' (Politico) - Politico: *Louise Haigh quits UK government as transport secretary over stolen phone ‘mistake’* — Louise Haigh resigned as U.K. transport secretary afte...
Counterpunch

Seattle Diary: 25 Years After - Twenty-five years ago this week, the streets of Seattle erupted into the kind of militant protest rarely seen in the US. Over the course of five days, th...
Daily Dot

‘Why I don’t shop on Black Friday’: Columbia Sportswear shopper sees store advertising $99.99 deal. Then she moves the price tag - [image: Two panel design with a Black Friday Deal over a regular priced sign, next to an image of a woman looking confused] A savvy shopper, perusing the...
Consortium News

WATCH: Craig Murray — Displaced & Returned - In Lebanon, 1.2 million people have been forced from their homes and have become refugees. In these videos, some of them tell their stories as some return ...
ArcaMax

The Water of Life - My wife and I just bought a house. The house we sold is in a city, just a three-minute drive from District Court. If you beat the murder rap, you can walk ...
Southeast Texas Record

Retired Physician Alleges Medical Malpractice Against Hospital Over Botched Procedure - Willie Hawkins is suing Dr. Andrew Dupont and Memorial Hermann Health System over alleged medical malpractice during a procedure intended to replace his ...
jobsanger

We Don't Want . . . -
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1288: At Risk - Episode: 1288 Instability, self-control, and the metaphor of flight. Today, flight shapes yet another metaphor.
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Questions of life and death are complex and messy. Let’s admit the assisted dying debate is too | Frances Ryan - Campaigners on both sides dub the bill ‘a matter of conscience’ – but profound ethical issues can’t be reduced to right v wrong Life moves slow until, su...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

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See You In 2020

Khamenei’s ideas will win. The question is how big a price the world will need to pay beforehand. - When I talk about how important it is for anti-imperialists to share the Ayatollah’s commitment towards resistance, my intent is to address anti-imperia...
Informed Comment

In Sunny Spain, cheap Solar Power set to overtake Wind Generation, backed by Socialist Government and Co-ops - Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Spain’s photovoltaic electricity production is set to surpass its wind power, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. Spain...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian Labor government adopts Trump-style attacks on immigrants - The adoption of Trump-style measures by Australia’s Labor government underscores the universal turn of capitalist governments to authoritarianism, particul...
Antiwar.com

Ultimate Irony Comes as Taliban Asks Russia’s Help To Evade US Sanctions, Closing 50-year Loop of Violence - It was said at the time that Operation Cyclone was the most successful covert operation in CIA history. It involved sending over $2 billion in weapons to...
Political Wire

Bolsonaro Is Making a Comeback Bid in Brazil - “Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, wants to return to power and said he believes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will help make that happen, po...
Mediaite

Trump Mocks Biden With Bizarre Thanksgiving Video Which Shows Him Bursting out of Turkey and Dancing to YMCA - President-elect Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden with a bizarre Thanksgiving video which showed him bursting out of a turkey and dancing to "YMCA....
The Hill

Canada sues Google claiming ‘near-total control’ of online ads - Canada’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday it was suing Google over its alleged anticompetitive conduct in online advertisements. Canada’s Competition Burea...
Eschaton

Thursday Night - Rock on.
Raw Story

'Nuisance': Far-right Texas A.G. seeks to shut down homeless ministry on Thanksgiving - Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been a highly divisive figure in Lone Star State politics, often drawing vehement criticism not only from...
Rio Grande Guardian

Mayor Garza gives shoutout to Letty Leija at grand opening of Edinburg’s ACE Center - The 36,000-square-foot venue is a $14 million joint investment by the City and Edinburg EDC. It's designed to be a hub for creativity, discovery, and art...
Mediagazer

The First Amendment Coalition sued the CA AG and SF City Attorney for allegedly punishing journalists who publish info related to sealed arrest records (Michael Gennaro/Courthouse News Service) - Michael Gennaro / Courthouse News Service: *The First Amendment Coalition sued the CA AG and SF City Attorney for allegedly punishing journalists who pub...
Claytoonz

Christmas Tariff Puppy - Read the blog at my Substack. Signed prints: The signed prints are just $40.00 each. Every cartoon at Claytoonz is available. You can pay through PayPal. I...
DeSmogBlog

Industry Group Pre-Wrote Comments for ‘Workers’ Opposing Vancouver Gas Ban - In the lead-up to a vote from Vancouver city council this week about whether to reinstate a ban on natural gas heating in new homes, an industry group ca...
OpEd News

Medicines save lives but not when they stop working - Please consider the below article based upon interview with those who are living with drug-resistant infections on a daily basis. Gabriella was born with a...
Popular Resistance

Thanksgiving Myths Aim to Silence Indigenous Voices - For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to gather with loved ones, share a meal, watch football and express gratitude. Some Native Americans celebrate...
The Root

Unraveling the Mysteries of Boyd as ‘FROM’s’ Captivating Black Hero Played by Harold Perrineau - In horror/thriller series, Black characters don’t usually have the best luck. They’re often portrayed as the sidekick to the real leader—usually a medioc...
Axios

House and Senate Democrats from Connecticut targeted in wave of Thanksgiving bomb threats - Multiple House Democrats including the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee said Thursday they were the targets of bomb threats. *Why it ma...
Novara Media

Putin Threatens to Strike Kyiv Amid Wave of Attacks - Vladimir Putin has threatened to use Russia’s new hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine. Plus: The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is creaking ...
Alternet

A dark mystery from America's past could save us from Trump's tyranny - It’s probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest Thanksgiving for our nation in my lifetime. So how about a quick story out of America’s earliest ...
Church and State

Are Trump’s Appointees the Trojan Horses That Could Lead to America’s Strategic Collapse? - Why would Trump promote candidates to oversee critical agencies who have expressed hostility toward the institutions they’ll oversee?
Daily Cartoonist

Cartoonists Offer “My Best Laugh Story” 1 - In 1924 King Features Syndicate offered newspapers an illustrated column by cartoonists in their stable.
WhoWhatWhy

From Chaos to Clarity: The Revolutionary Power of Being Alone - [image: man, alone, sitting on stump] Why taking time for yourself is the ultimate rebellion against modern life. From Chaos to Clarity: The Revolutionary ...
San Antonio Report

Holiday lights, local makers, a river parade and zines in this weekend’s Go Do That! - [image: A holiday float passes through the Arneson River Theatre during the Ford Holiday River Parade in 2018.]Holiday lights, a river parade, a local make...
Reform Austin

Abbott, Homan Plan Mass Deportations Before Inauguration - Governor Greg Abbott and President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” promised mass deportations and other actions while visiting the Texas bord...
Ballot Access News

Georgia Secretary of State Releases Vote Totals for Declared Write-in Candidates - The Georgia Secretary of State has released write-in totals for the declared write-in candidates. See them here. For president, the only candidates who had...
Capital & Main

Can Democrats Get Their Voters Off the Couch? - Dorian Warren argues that cynicism and disillusionment among the party's base helped Trump win. The post Can Democrats Get Their Voters Off the Couch? ap...
Techdirt.

Meet The Influencers In One Billion Users, The Social Media Card Game - As you likely know by now, we are running a Kickstarter to fund the release of One Billion Users, our new card game about building the biggest and best soc...
Undernews

ENVIRONMENT - *New Scientist - *A rapid rise in global sea temperatures is causing havoc across the world. It is a compelling reminder that the impacts of climate chan...
Ian Welsh

Two Different Types Of Benefits From Meditation - [image: Two Different Types Of Benefits From Meditation] People meditate because they want something from it. Most serious meditators I know, the people w...
Daily Howler

THANKSGIVING: The former candidates speak! - *THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2024* *The disorder we all live with: *This morning, C-Span's *Washington Journal* had its head near the clouds. The C-Span prog...
Mondoweiss

Israel’s Genocide Day 419: UNRWA warns conditions for survival are ‘diminishing’ for Palestinians in north Gaza - [image: Smoke and dust rise after an attack by the Israeli army on an apartment in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central part of Gaza City, on November ...
Texas Standard

Texas Standard for Nov. 28, 2024: Happy Thanksgiving, Texas - We’re celebrating with a roundup of stories we’re thankful for this year.
Crooked Media

Who gets to decide how we die? w/ Rosena Allin-Khan MP - The post Who gets to decide how we die? w/ Rosena Allin-Khan MP appeared first on Crooked Media.
The Reality-Based Community

Nhận định soi kèo Brentford vs Leicester City lúc 22h00 ngày 30/11/2024 - Trở lại với giải Ngoại Hạng Anh, khi đến với vòng 13, người hâm mộ sẽ được chứng kiến một trong những trận đấu hấp dẫn diễn ra giữa Brentford và Leiceste...
El Paso Matters

EPCC’s pan dulce course combines culture, cuisine, creativity - El Paso Community College’s pastry course on Mexican sweet breads gives students a wide perspective on culture, ingredients and preparation that provide...
The Mind Unleashed

7-year-old girl dies after being buried alive in a sand hole she was digging at the beach - Beaches are a beloved destination for families seeking relaxation and fun, but beneath the sun-soaked sands can lurk unexpected dangers. For the Mattingly ...
Deadline Politics

Colman Domingo Explains How ‘The Madness’ Big Reveal Mirrors U.S. Politics & Season 2 Potential: “Is It A Conspiracy Or Is It Real?” — The Deadline Q&A - SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about The Madness. As the country’s sociopolitical infighting intensifies, Colman Domingo hopes that his latest s...
Slate

Yes, You Can Become “a Person Who Knows How to Talk to Kids” - Here’s how to connect with even the shiest elementary schooler.
Democracy Now!

Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth - As the war on Gaza spans a second year, we continue our conversation with the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. His new book, *The Message*, is based in p...
First Draft

Now Be Thankful - Happy Thanksgiving.
Vox

A new JonBenét doc posits the Ramseys didn’t do it. But what about the ransom note? - Thanks to a new Netflix docuseries from true crime mainstay Joe Berlinger, audiences across the nation are asking a question true crime fans never really l...
The Smirking Chimp

A Modest Proposal for Reclaiming America, Again -
Earth 911

Guest Opinion: Touch the Earth Lightly, Use the Earth Gently - As the holidays approach, we can learn much about planning a low-carbon holiday meal from... The post Guest Opinion: Touch the Earth Lightly, Use the Ear...
NORML

Spark up the Cannabis Conversation at Your Holiday Table - [image: a slice of pumpkin pie topped with a dollop of whipped cream and a small cannabis leaf sits on a dark grey ceramic plate][image: a slice of pumpk...
Angry Bear

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday . . . - but not for the reasons we generally remember. – by Prof. Heather Cox – Richardson, Letters from an American The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed s...
naked capitalism

Links 11/28/2024 -
The Daily Poster

How “Y.O.L.O. Joe” Can Beat The Lame Duck - Here is what Democrats could actually achieve in the months before Trump takes office.
Greg Palast

Trump Renames Thanksgiving to Thanks-Taking - President-elect Trump has issued an Executive Order renaming Thanksgiving to Thanks-taking to commemorate the first invasion of America by illegal immigran...
Skeptophilia

Accents and accuracy - When I was in eighth grade, a movie aired called *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman*. We were encouraged by our English teacher to watch it, and it...
Off The Kuff

Thanksgiving video break: Goodbye, Alice - I’ll have a link in my Sunday linkdump, but Alice Brock, the woman who inspired the song “Alice’s Restaurant”, passed away a few days ago. Let us pause to ...
Mother Jones

This Secret Society Is on a Mission to Change the Way We Eat - This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For decades they have been working un...
Scheerpost.com

Thanksgiving: A Time To Think About Settler Colonialism - Check through the ScheerPost archive on the history of settler colonialism and how it continues in Gaza today.
High Country News

We will not be intimidated - It’s more important than ever for us to be truth-tellers. The post We will not be intimidated appeared first on High Country News.
Workers World

PDF of November 28 issue - [image: PDF of November 28 issue] Download the color version. Download the black & white version. Smash white supremacy! Legacy of 1974 Boston march agains...
Portside

Democrats Much Touted Ground Game Was Not Enough. Here’s How To Fix It - Democrats Much Touted Ground Game Was Not Enough. Here’s How To Fix It jay Wed, 11/27/2024 - 21:35
The AltWorld

Ukrainians And Americans Are Done With This War, But It Keeps Escalating Anyway: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix - The IDF dramatically increased its bombing campaign in Lebanon on Tuesday in the hours preceding an expected ceasefire with […] The post Ukrainians And A...
CultureMap Houston

These are the top 14 things to do in Houston this Thanksgiving weekend - Considering everything that’s happened this month, some families may experience an awkward Thanksgiving. Others may want a little time together that's sep...
NPR's Health Shots

Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying - Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season...
Futurism

Change to Twitter Suggests Elon Musk Is Panicking Over Users Leaving for Bluesky - X owner Elon Musk appears to be spooked by the continuous flow of users leaving the social media platform in favor of alternatives like BlueSky and Met...
SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court to consider IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments - [image: Supreme Court to consider IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments]When someone makes a payment to a creditor shortly before filing for bankrup...
Ring of Fire

Mika & Joe Brzezinski Get Destroyed Over “New Take” On Trump - The post Mika & Joe Brzezinski Get Destroyed Over “New Take” On Trump appeared first on The Ring of Fire Network.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Now Open: Dispatches From A Collapsing State Mailbag Open Subscriber Chat - Let's try something new
MintPress News

Setback or Strategy: Hezbollah’s Ceasefire Deal Sparks Confusion - The truce with Israel pauses hostilities, but could it give the IDF the breathing room it needs to escalate in Gaza and beyond? The post Setback or Strat...
American Prospect

Did Bibi Get Away with it? - Today on TAP: Maybe for the moment. But despite Israel’s vicious tactical victories over Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel remains isolated and vulnerable.
Wolf Street

Inflation Re-Accelerates Despite Plunging Gasoline Prices as “Core Services” PCE Price Index Hits 7-Month High - Core services inflation is the biggie, and it’s going the wrong way. The Fed is already talking down the pace of rate cuts.
Ecosophia

November 2024 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
Texas Monthly

The Stakes in the Texas–Texas A&M Rivalry Have Never Been Higher - After thirteen long years, the Aggies and Longhorns will meet again—with a chance to play in the SEC Championship game on the line.
Second Nexus

Cynthia Erivo And Ariana Grande React To Skeptical 'Wicked' Moviegoer's Before And After Video - *Wicked* stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande responded after watching a video featuring a curmudgeonly moviegoer being dragged to see the film adaptati...
Salon.com

In "Queer," Daniel Craig is blisteringly beautiful as he falls for love's devastating power - Luca Guadagnino's follow-up to "Challengers" is a worthwhile if occasionally unsettling dive into raw emotion
Grist

At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance - Dozens of countries say the treaty will only “end plastic pollution” if it restricts production.
Common Dreams

Musk Effort to Eliminate CFPB is ‘Intolerable Corruption’ - Elon Musk, named by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, tweeted today that the Consumer Financial ...
Liberation News

Cleveland Police Commission pushes through police drone policy despite public outcry - [image: The Cleveland Community Police Commission push through a vote on the drone policy amidst conflict and public outrage on Nov. 20. Photo credit: Clev...
Bonddad

It’s not just corporate profits, the long leading housing sector is also under pressure - * - by New Deal democrat* I suspect that both hurricanes as well as mortgage rates somewhat distorted all of the housing reports for October. Last w...
Rallblog

Put the Planet First - We face so many challenges that the task of choosing which ones to emphasize and which can be edited out for the sake of brevity is nearly imp...
Election Law Blog

“Trump signs transition agreement with Biden, but it lacks key guardrails” - Washington Post: “The agreement clears the way for Trump-appointed ‘landing teams’ to start entering government offices to receive briefings from career ...
Bud Kennedy

Sermons and the ‘Last Supper’: How Texas’ Greg Abbott ramrodded the Bible into schools | Opinion - Texas wrote the Golden Rule into kindergarten lessons. But our state officials don’t follow it. They broke it the other day in the most blatant of ways: wi...
Infidel753

Video of the day -- Bonhoeffer on "stupidity" - What he's talking about here is not so much stupidity in the literal sense of low intelligence, as a certain form of closed-mindedness -- the refusal to c...
Space City Weather

After roasting like a turkey today, a front rolls in early on Thanksgiving to bring the colder air we all relish - In brief: Today’s post takes a detailed look at what to expect from the strong cold front arriving on Thanksgiving morning, windy conditions for Black Frid...
Texas Observer

Riding the Pines in Palestine and Rusk - I pulled up to the train depot in the East Texas city of Palestine, $220 poorer after falling into a speed trap in the nearby town of Oakwood. The indiff...
The Conversation

Why Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire now − and what it means for Israel, Lebanon, Biden and Trump - Under the terms of the deal, Israel will gradually withdraw from Lebanon, while Hezbollah isn’t allowed to rebuild near the border. But will the ceasefire ...
slacktivist

Smart people saying smart things (11.27.24) - Listen to James Baldwin (again, still), Jamelle Bouie, Isabel Soisson, Isabela Dias, and Elle Hardy.
ProPublica

Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities - Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor This article was produced by The Maine Monitor, which was a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2022-23. Sig...
Seeing the Forest

BlueSky - Dave Johnson is on BlueSky at https://bsky.app/profile/dcjohnson.bsky.social
Sludge

Trump Taps Corporate Lobbyist Jamieson Greer for US Trade Rep - Greer is a partner at law firm King & Spalding and a registered federal lobbyist for the American subsidiary of an Italian construction company.
Krebs on Security

Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier - Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake, but a thi...
Progressive.org

Finding the Strength to Lift People Up - In the wake of Donald Trump's win, we need to acknowledge our similarities if we want to become more united.
LareDOS

Unforgettable memories of El Barrio Azteca come to life in an old photograph - An old wooden staircase evoked a summer day in 1949 when we posed for a picture with the Ruiz sisters
Idavox

Hulk Hogan Flexes His Poor Judgement, Strikes a Pose with Neo-Nazi - The crazy thing is this is the second time (that we know of) where he... The post Hulk Hogan Flexes His Poor Judgement, Strikes a Pose with Neo-Nazi appe...
Political Garbage Chute

Can I File an Extension If I’m Not Ready to Control My Wife By January 20th? - I don’t really want to go to jail because I couldn’t figure out how to wrangle my wife’s genitals into their holding pen before January 20th. Okay, I get...
Crooked Timber

TikTok in Romania - Ownership and control of social media platforms is a first-order concern for both domestic politics and international conflict. The most important battlegr...
Bracing Views

Reflections on the COVID Response - W.J. Astore Overconfidence and Profiteering Trumped Humility and Public Service Here are a few thoughts on America’s response to Covid that I hope are usef...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Study Universal Basic Income at the University of Sydney - Introducing SSPS6008 – Universal Basic Income In 2025, the the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at the University of Sydney will offer the ...
Debunking Christianity

The Blasphemy of Heliocentrism - The Pareto distribution of bible verse citations If you’ve listened to many church sermons, you may have noticed that they often cite verses from the chu...
The Grayzone

Sebastian Gorka: British intelligence asset? - Sebastian Gorka’s involvement with British intelligence cost him a security clearance in Hungary. His longtime mentor is a UK spook currently engaged in ...
Project Censored

Connecting the Dots: The War on Workers Is The War Abroad - What does the genocide in Gaza have to do with the working class here at home? Well, quite a lot. Imperialism is a home game and the same corporations an...
Alas, a Blog

Cartoon: Things Were So Much Better Then - This cartoon is drawn by Jenn Lee, who added so many great 1970s details! Jenn and I sometimes work sharing a table at a coffee shop, and she’d sometimes l...
Democracy Chronicles

Will Someone Clear the Air? - Chances are, people reading this will agree that it's impossible to run a successful political campaign without money.
The Texas Signal

Houston Airports Take Art Very Seriously - Saba Razvi likes to write in airports, which is good because she flies out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) or William P. Hobby Airport (HOU...
Eater Houston

The Best Italian Restaurants in Houston - [image: A slice of 100-layer lasagna sits on a sauced plate at Milton’s.] Some of the best pasta awaits. | Julie Soefer Wood-fired pizzas, saucy meatball...
Earthworks

There’s A Big Plastics Treaty in S. Korea. What You Need to Know! - What is happening: This month, environmental justice advocates will join world leaders in Busan, South Korea. From November 25 – … The post There’s A Bi...
Rewire

This LSU Group Combats Louisiana’s Reproductive Health Crisis - Feminists in Action provides emergency contraception and resources to students at Louisiana State University. The post This LSU Group Combats Louisiana’s...
Discourse

Until Next Week - Gobble gobble.
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Incarceration Should Not be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids - The opioid epidemic has gripped communities for more than 20 years. From 1999 to 2022, nearly 722,000 people died from an overdose involving prescription...
The Progressive Wing

11.25-29 Pre-Thanksgiving /Thanksgiving Open Threads - Hola everyone! 🙂 It’s official: The 2024 Hurricane/Storm Season is ending. YEAH and how! Talk about climate change crisis!?! Anywho, these are wide Open T...
Progressives Chat

Happy Thanksgiving! - This week is Thanksgiving…with the holiday Thursday, November 28, 2024. I wish everyone a *Happy Thanksgiving*! Beginning next week, blog topics will b...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Trust Sarah McBride - Sarah McBride Before she has even been sworn in as the first trans Congresswoman in American history, Sarah McBride finds herself in bad territory. On on...
Field Negro

Transition train wreck. - The election is over and MAGA is still angry. I guess owning the libs was their only goal in life. For the life of me I can't understand where all this ...
Brad Blog

Sunday 'No Such Agreement' Toons - Where'd ya get that idea? We have no such agreement here at Sunday Toons! Please proceed... * * * As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie al...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

UT is becoming the face of Texas’ higher education failures. That must change, The Daily Texan Editorial Board - *Friends:* *I am glad that the Daily Texan Editorial Board is weighing in on findings from a recent survey conducted by the American Association of Univers...
The Militant

The working class put its stamp on the 2024 elections - LOS ANGELES — “Given the events over the last couple days, it is necessary to begin this forum by describing the virulent attack on Jews in Amsterdam Nov. ...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: AN AGE OF CLODS AND MONSTERS EDITION. - *I have never heard a bad Desmond Dekker record.* Not gonna push it too hard here as this is only Friday 'Round-the-Horn technically -- it's after midnig...
Lowering the Bar

Still No Lawsuit Against the Fake Colombian Basketball Team - [image: picture of the alleged fake colombian team]I have mixed emotions about this.
Texas Freedom Network

What You Need to Know about the Texas State Board of Education’s Bible Curriculum Decision - Your November 2024 SBOE Rundown On Nov. 22, 2024, the State Board of Education (SBOE) met to take its final vote on whether to approve Bluebonnet Learnin...
Unlimited Hangout

Bad Faith Podcast - Bad Faith Podcast.
Reveal

The Unflinching Courage of Taylor Cadle - [image: Taylor Cadle, a young woman with dark hair and wearing a black sweater and jeans ripped above the knee, looks directly into the camera with an unfl...
Avedon's Sideshow

One little miracle a day is all I need - I feel worse than I thought I would if this happened, even though I probably expected it more than a lot of lefties and Democrats did. The whole Cheney ...
Trivial Knot

A better masculinity, for those who don’t want it - A few months ago, I went to an ace unconference–an unconference being an event where attendees create sessions on the spot, rather than planning sessions i...
Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Inside the Beehive - An SPLC Data Lab investigation of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant content on The Babylon Bee and its sister site, Not the Bee, has uncovered multiple contro...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Jamaal Bowman: How AIPAC Drove Me Out of Congress & My Views on Palestine Changed - Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, ...
Campaign for America's Future

¡Si, ganamos! - En victorias desde la Carolinia del Norte hacia el Estado de Washington y Maine, encontramos la evidencia que cuando nos organizamos, ganamos. Siempre encu...
Media Lens

Buried Out Of Sight: Deliberate Israeli Targeting Of Palestinian Children Becomes ‘Local News’ On The BBC - Imagine an experienced Ukrainian surgeon breaking down in front of a committee of British MPs as he related how Russian forces had been deliberately target...
Consent Factory, Inc.

A Tale of Two PSYOPS - Once upon a time, on a planet called Earth, there was born a global-capitalist empire. It was the first global empire in the history of empires. It dominat...
Moron Majority

Satirists Declare National Emergency as Trump’s Cabinet Picks Outpace Their Wildest Spoofs - I In an unprecedented move, the nation’s leading satirists gathered on the steps of the Capitol today to stage a protest against what they call the “unbear...
Land Destroyer

The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks - *November 13, 2024* (NEO - Brian Berletic) - In the weeks leading up to the 2024 US presidential election, Americans and many around the world invested hop...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Hair Of The Dog - Yeah, yeah, I know… but the only way to properly express the mood of this piece was to set it in a dark, grim mid-20th dive, with a permanently-circulating...
nonsite.org

Going Forward from the Edge of the Abyss - Trump has no new coalition; he can’t because those “groups” aren’t real as groups, and people identify with them largely around thin identities more like c...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report October 2024 - Walmart had another six shootings, with two of them fatal in October of 2024, including one officer involved shooting after an automobile crash, and ano...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Dogs are the solution to the ‘900 new cops’ problem - In response to my noodling over the conundrum created by the passage of Proposition U, which requires the city to hire 900 new cops it can’t afford, a la...
Stinque

Hanging by a Thread - We forget who laid it out for us a lifetime ago, but civilization is inherently fragile, and can collapse in an instant. Everything is handed off from on...
Two Party Opera

Election Day Comedy Hour - ↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Trump and Harris are dressed as vaudevillian/barbershop-quartet-ish comedy duo, with hats, canes, and pin striped vests. Trump says ...
Web of Debt

Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons From Hurricane Helene - Buncombe County North Carolina – damage after Hurricane Helene floods. NCDOTcommunications, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wiki...
TalkLeft

Election Day Jitters - I have them. I'm sure any rational person does, when considering the possibility, however slight, that Donald Trump, the most unfit person to run for Pre...
Reading the Pictures

The Reading the Pictures Salon: Looking at Key Images from Campaign 2024 - An expert panel examined key images in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump emphasizing themes of democracy, gender, and race. The post The...
BEYONDbones

Daylight Savings Time | November Sky Happenings - Editor’s Note: HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks as Daylight Savings Time ends this month. Saturn is an evening object. Look ...
Save Buffalo Bayou

No More Money for Incompetent Flood Control - Vote No on Proposition A Oct. 31, 2024 The Harris County Flood Control District is asking county voters for a property tax increase to raise an extra $100 ...
Free & Equal

Free & Equal Debate Founder Responds to Singer Loomis’ National Anthem - Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2024 – Singer Loomis is making headlines after she performed the national anthem during the Free & Equal Elections Presiden...
Dissent Magazine

[RECORDING] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism - Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze in conversation, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
New Progressive Alliance

After the Election - I have friends on both sides and miss the days when we could tease each other instead of believing that we had to be mortal enemies. Those who advocate t...
ExChristian.Net

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus - *The following is a short interview with Bill Burkland, the author of a soon to be released book entitled "The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named J...
Duck of Minerva

Who is behind the terrorist attack in Ankara? - On October 23rd, militants attacked a Turkish aerospace facility near the capital of Ankara. The Turkish government blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PK...
Green Pages News

Why a vote for Kamala Harris for president is a wasted climate vote in California – vote Green instead - By Mike Feinstein If you are a climate voter in California, you could be throwing away your vote if you vote for Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nomine...
Nina Illingworth

Nina-Bytes: A Gateway to Eliminationism - Nina looks at why fascist lawmakers using anti-trans arguments to go after disability rights is a predictable but ominous sign for Pig Empire society. The...
GreenSource DFW

New native plant group hoping to take root in DFW - *Organizers are seeking new members to help get Wild Ones DFW off the ground. Photo courtesy of Wild Ones.* Oct. 17, 2024 A new native plant group has s...
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
San Antonio Current

Eighteen of Texas' current congressional candidates are election deniers - A total of 18 candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election are running to represent Texas in Congress this November, according to a tally by no...
Texas Watch

Written Testimony Submitted to the Texas Legislature on Insurance Reform - The Texas Legislature is grappling with how to address sky-high homeowners and auto insurance rates. Recent hearings in the *Senate Business and Commerc...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Courthouse News

Federal judge unseals Jack Smith immunity filing in Trump’s Jan. 6 case - Jack Smith's immunity brief argues that Trump can still be criminally tried over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election following the Supreme Court's sw...
Glasstire

Arielle Masson’s “Chaotic Nodes” - Contemplating the art of Arielle Masson is a cosmic journey that spirals through deep inner space into the vastness of the universe — moving through the ...
Socialist Alternative

Don’t Let Trump Steal the Election - Despite losing the popular vote by millions, Trump tried to steal the election in 2020. He has never stopped repeating that the 2020 elections were stolen ...
Black Agenda Report

Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean - Haiti and the Crisis of Imperialism in the Caribbean bareditors Wed, 10/02/2024 - 00:00 Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Connection Between Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday and Tonight’s VP Debate - Former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday coinciding with the vice presidential debate today is fitting, given the important role Carter played in e...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Environment Texas

Fracking is an environmental disaster - Polluted waterways. Destroyed wild places. Dead wildlife. The environmental impact of fracking is devastating. The post Fracking is an environmental disa...
Texans For Public Justice

Permission Granted: Texas oil and gas regulators on track to allow more flaring waste than ever - A new investigative report reveals how the state oil and gas agency, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), is on track to authorize venting or flari...
CPI's Danger in the Air

Inside the scramble to stop the displacement of thousands of California foster children - For years, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California had been the primary insurer for the state’s foster family agencies, which house some of the m...
Edinburg Politics

Open Government Seminar, free and open to the public, set for Hidalgo County Commissioners Court Chambers in Edinburg on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, reports attorney Omar Ochoa - Journalists, elected and appointed public officials, and the general public in the Rio Grande Valley will have the opportunity to hear expert presentations...
The Socialist

International Relations: Tensions in Eastern Europe - Tensions in Eastern Europe have escalated recently, with geopolitical implications that resonate globally. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine ...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
The NM Political Report

Indigenous advocates want to take push for RECA expansion to D.C. - Indigenous advocates who have been impacted by radiation exposure are ramping up the pressure they’re putting on U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson t...
The Rag Blog

MARY MANTLE | REMEMBRANCE | Early Austin activist has died: Tom Mantle was a founder of ‘The Rag’ in 1966 - By Mary Mantle | The Rag Blog | August 28, 2024 When I was a 17-year-old girl in Corpus Christi, Texas, then a small city at the bottom of America, Naval c...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
Equality Texas

Remembering Sheila Jackson Lee - Today, we reflect on the profound legacy of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a tireless advocate for equality and justice. Her passing leaves a void in ...
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
Dandelion Salad

Julian Assange is FREE!!! - Dandelion Salad June 25, 2024 Guardian Australia on Jun 24, 2024 Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, has released a video statement on her husband’s rel...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
The Disorder Of Things

Sex, Power & Play at Europe’s Largest Arms Fair - A guest post from Nico Edwards. Nico is the author of the new World Peace Foundation report Resisting Green Militarism: Building Movements for Peace and Ec...
Texas Environmental News

How US Air Pollution, Ironically, Has Kept Climate Hazards in Check - The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation [...] The post How US Air...
Countercurrents

Gaza becomes “death zone” as UN suspends humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands in north - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday the suspension of all humanitarian aid to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip. The estimat...
Independent Political Report

Minor Technical Note - For some days we have had an anomalous issue that kept our site from loading properly. Apologies while the matter is being worked on. We are aware of the...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Global Day of Action Against Elbit Systems: A Report Back on Houston Actionists Blockade of BNY Mellon - This article details an action from early December. It was strategically withheld for publish until December 21st, the Global Day of Action Against Elbit. ...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign
WAWG Blog

My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News - ——— Check them out! ——— The post My Most Recent Postings Are Shared at Op Ed News appeared first on The WAWG Blog.
Innocence Project

Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

Neuro-Inclusivity, Belonging and Radical Hospitality - Latino Rebels Radio goes on the road for a live podcast recording at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes seve...
FiveThirtyEight.com

What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry - Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announc...
Tribune of the People

Tribune of the People was the news organ of a political cult called the “CR-CPUSA” and collapsed in March 2022 - Read about what happened here: https://maoistcultexposed.wordpress.com/ This website belonged to a political cult called the “Committee to Reconstitute the...
Caitlin Johnstone

CaitlinJohnstone.com Is Now At CaitlinJohnstone.com.au - Hello subscribers, As you may have noticed, our website at caitlinjohnstone.com has been reduced to a shuffle lately, suffering repeated 502 errors for rea...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube - Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and look, ...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit ...
In These Times

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe - Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.
News Junkie

Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge? - The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike ...
DBC Green

Happy Art Car, Y'All! - (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:"840112064306859282",nav:"thumbnails",navLocation:"bottom",cap...
Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

Happy 2023 To All Of You - I have often come back here to try to write some sort of a conclusion to the years of activity on this site, but have not figured out what, exactly, to s...
VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2022 - Media Myth Alert directed attention periodically in 2022 to the appearance of well-known media-driven myths, those prominent tales about the news media tha...
Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Bayou Brief

Six Degrees of Babe Huey - Did Huey Long and Babe Ruth ever meet?
Downwinders at Risk

With Historic Rebuke, EPA Sends GAF Permit Back to Austin…and a Message to Company - When Janie Cisneros and her Singleton United contingent met with EPA Region Six Director Dr. Earthea Nance and her staff on June 1, one of the residents’ g...
Chicken Fried Politics

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

The Road to Hell -
The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Washington Babylon

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
ROAR Magazine

ROAR is closing down, but the struggle goes on - After more than a decade of independent publishing and media activism, we are moving on to explore new horizons.
Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Modern Democracy

Will the Supreme Court Swing the 2022 Midterms? - Recent commentary on the Supreme Court’s stay order in Merrill v. Milligan has focused on what the decision portends for the future of Section 2 d...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Dorf on Law

Between Tamago and Potemkin - *by Michael C. Dorf* There's an episode of *Curb Your Enthusiasm* in which Larry arrives at the new house of his manager Jeff and Jeff's wife Susie, who...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
The Metaphor Project

Our new Metaphor Project Strategy 6/04/22 - Our new Metaphor Project strategy prioritizes being active on social media over writing blogs. Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are vigor...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
The Greanville Post

Socialism and Its Discontents—Has communism ever worked? - Caleb's chats are the ideal tool for those who wish to acquire a solid understanding of contemporary history in an easy, accessible manner. In this episode...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Progressive Army

A Case Against Two Evils - Last week Medhi Hasan of the Intercept interviewed the famous dissident Noam Chomsky in which he proclaimed that not voting for Joe Biden is a vote for “th...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

Hatred as a factor in presidential politics - *M*ake what you will of this. In the modern era of partisan polarization, which can be dated back to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, only the presid...
IVN

Long Live the Crackpots! - Long Live the Crackpots! Those of us who had been part of and partners with the Perot rebellion knew that the official “branding” of Ross Perot was alrea...
Truthout

Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats - ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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