Why We Need to Fight for Women’s Access to Healthcare
Republican alternatives to the ACA pose threats to women, the elderly, the disabled, and young people looking for health care access.
Social Justice Blog
The Social Justice blog will single-handedly put an end to social and economic injustice.
Why We Need to Be Paying Attention to Title IX More than Ever
Many are worried that regulations aimed to protect marginalized populations may fall by the wayside.
What Would Jesus Do?
"I think Christians took a big stand this time and said we’re going to stand up for our faith [by electing Trump].”
Why Trump is Attacking the “Failed” New York Times
You might think Anderson Cooper will save you. Listen closely: Anderson Cooper isn't going to save you.
Letters to Trump’s American Muslim Registry
Just discovered Schopenhauer. Blew my mind. Taking a break from Islam. Will call back in an hour w/ update.
10 Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes on Truth, Peace, and Compassion
“It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.”
Port Huron Statement, Revisited
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) June 15, 1962 Introduction: Agenda for a Generation We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit. When we were kids the United States was the wealthiest and strongest country in the world; the only …
New Interpretation Takes “Waiting for Godot” to Post-Katrina New Orleans
"We took the very basic idea of theater, which is a relationship between an actor and an audience, and expanded that to build community."-Christopher McElroen, co-founder and executive director of Classical Theatre of Harlem- Beckett's Waiting for Godot has been lauded by many as the play of our time. (A recent British National Theatre survey …
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Father of Green Revolution Dies: Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009
"When wheat is ripening properly, when the wind is blowing across the field, you can hear the beards of the wheat rubbing together. They sound like the pine needles in a forest. It is a sweet, whispering music that once you hear, you never forget."-Norman Borlaug- Norman Borlaug is credited with saving 245 million lives. …
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Workplace Violations Impact Refugees
Post contributed by George Wright of the Institute for Social and Economic Development Today’s posting contains two pieces of sobering news – both impacting refugees. A study out today – funded by the Ford, Joyce, Haynes, and Russell Sage Foundation – shows that lowest-wage workers in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago are routinely …