Inherit the Truth: A Memoir of Survival and the Holocaust by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch In the years following her liberation from the Nazi death camp, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, like most survivors of the Holocaust, struggled to build a normal life for herself. Decades later, she realized that in her efforts to achieve normality… Continue reading
Hamas wants to destroy Israel, right? But as Mehdi Hasan shows in a new video on blowback, Israeli officials admit they helped start the group. Link to video: https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter Video by Mehdi Hasan, Dina Sayedahmed WHAT DO YOU know about Hamas? That it’s sworn to destroy Israel? That it’s a terrorist group, proscribed both by… Continue reading
May 21, 2021 by Common Dreams “The real security challenges of today—from the climate crisis to global inequality—demand that we cut the Pentagon budget and invest instead in human needs,” said one peace advocate who backed a letter to U.S. lawmakers. by Brett Wilkins, staff writer 8 Comments Members of Afghanistan’s… Continue reading
District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks at a press conference outside the Hall of Justice on Friday, May 7, 2021. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner) MICHAEL BARBA May. 21, 2021 3:20 p.m. (SFExaminer.com) NEWS NEWSLETTER THE CITY Supporters of the push to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin seem to have all reached… Continue reading
A couple alleges that police discouraged them providing statements regarding an aggravated assault. The District Attorney, an SFPD representative allegedly told them, was unlikely to pursue it by JULIAN MARK MAY 22, 2021 (MissionLocal.org) At around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, Gigi Tonguet stepped outside of her Excelsior District apartment to… Continue reading
May 20, 2021 (info@publicbankinginstitute.org) Author and consumer advocate Ralph Nader recently sent PBI a copy of a letter he’d penned to Representative Maxine Waters and Senator Sherrod Brown requesting that the committees they chair — the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, respectively — launch comprehensive… Continue reading
TEDx Talks A chance encounter with members of the Ku Klux Klan led black musician Daryl Davis on a quest to determine the source of the hate. His unorthodox, yet simple approach, has wielded surprising results and just might be the solution for all racial discourse. Daryl Davis graduated from Howard… Continue reading
Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think by Andy Norman Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy thinking hijacks minds and incites mob violence. Toxic partisanship is cleaving nations, and climate denial… Continue reading
