Monthly Archives: February 2013 »
Aaron Swartz and the Fight for Information Freedom
This post originally appeared on This Can’t Be Happening! In the madness of our media-fed consciousness, the greatest threat to an informative news story is time. Given enough time, and the dysfunctional and disinformative
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How Much is the Environment Worth to You?
When debating whether or not to pass legislation aimed at stopping global climate change, those who reject climate protection legislation usually use one of two arguments: A Denial of Climate Science: A significant percentage
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“She’s Out of Sight”: Women, Healthcare, and the Prison System
This article first appeared on the website Manifesta, here. It’s no secret that the United States has a problem with its prison system. In 2009, one out of every 31 adults in the country was
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CARTOON: Last Scraps
“Last Scraps” by Stephanie McMillan. To see more of Stephanie’s work, visit her website
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Video: Peter Van Delft and 40 Years of the Labor Movement
On Thursday, February 21st, labor activist Peter Van Delft spoke on the dire situation of the labor movement and how it can recover. Peter Van Delft is a long-time labor activist and a third-generation
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Michelle Alexander: Taking Responsibility for Racial Injustice
This article originally appeared in The Portland Occupier Not one person in a Portland crowd of over 1200 dissented when Michelle Alexander recently told them, “We’ve got to admit we’ve allowed a human rights nightmare
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Memo to Wealthy America: Some Facts About the Victims of Greed
This article originally appeared on Nation of Change. Yes, you’ve caused people to suffer. You’ve taken from the poor and the middle class for thirty years, from Reagan to Obama, using a variety of strategies
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The Cooperative Way to a Stronger Economy
Our little group of a dozen families was running out of time. After meeting every weekend for three years to plan our hoped-for cohousing community, and after investing much of our savings to acquire
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Opponents of BU “Bioterror Lab” Voice Concerns
Close to two dozen people gathered today in South Boston to show their opposition to the Level-3 and Level-4 infectious-disease research labs at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). The walk comes
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