Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns
A public health warning about the dangers of guns to the elderly and their relatives.
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How Cynical Is the Democratic Party’s Support for Identity Politics? (Plus a Note on the Ocasio-Crowley Contest)
Another case study of Democratic Party hypocrisy.
Read more...What We Can Really Learn From Gandhi? “When I Am Arrested”
Gandhi’s overlooked message on the importance of courage and commitment.
Read more...Missing in Action: The Poor in America
How much of the reality of being poor remains hidden, often by design.
Read more...Poor Peoples Campaign Protests All Over US Ignored by Media
A young anti-poverty, anti-discrimination movement, the Poor Peoples Campaign, is starting to get traction.
Read more...Last Exit to the Road Less Traveled
What good is a conventional economics that tells us we can only create jobs and “profit” by literally destroying and despoiling the resources we depend on? That sounds un-economic to me
Read more...Primaries Expose Bitter Fight in Democratic Party
The Democratic party continues to wage full scale war against progressives…..how’s that going?
Read more...Three Lessons the Labour Movement Must Learn From the Fight for 15 at Walmart
The Fight for 15 at Walmart was “surprisingly successful”. What tactics should labor organizers consider adopting?
Read more...New CDC Study Shows Large Increase in Suicides Since 1999
Rising suicides provide more evidence that all is not well in America.
Read more...The Political Significance of LSD
LSD is back in vogue. Is that a good thing?
Read more...US Supreme Court Ordered Desegregation, then Conservatives Worked to Demolish Public Education
How desegregation led to a concerted attack on public education.
Read more...Here’s How Money Is Destroying the World Through Addiction
See this problem for what it is: A loosely organized group of global addicts getting together to figure out ways to enrich each other financially.
Read more...Social Multipliers in Crime: Measuring the Spillover Effects of Criminal Behaviour
An example of how the peer environment influences crime levels.
Read more...New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Resigns Due to Sexual Assault Allegations, After Getting Away With Selling Out Homeowners
Good riddance to Eric Schneiderman.
Read more...200th Anniversary of the Birth of Marx and a Revolution in Understanding History
How Marx recognized the economic forces that give rise to and perpetuate ideologies that promote injustice.
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