UN Photo/Cia Pak President Gustavo Petro Urrego of Colombia addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 77th session. 20 September 2022 (news.un.org) UN Affairs During his first speech at the General Assembly as the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro said that the world’s addiction to money, oil and… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Am not back posting on a regular basis Please hold the following people in your thoughts: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Francis Collins, who remains hospitalized Susan Witka, as she recovers from surgery Jackie Barshak, battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, as she continues chemo therapy. Melvin Starks recently… Continue reading
Eric Voegelin and Hans Kelsen fled the Nazis. In the US, they clashed over the nature of modernity and government German troops march through Vienna on 15 March 1938, after Hitler had entered the city proclaiming Anschluss, the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty David Dyzenhaus is a university… Continue reading
Annie Vainshtein Sep. 19, 2022Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 10:27 a.m. (SFChronicle.com) Comments For almost 50 years, he was known as the “hot tub guy,” a former hippie in Berkeley who ran a semi-secret hot tub in his backyard that tens of thousands of locals — and travelers — were free to… Continue reading
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks alongside former President Donald Trump during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Republicans simply don’t believe that protecting the people of America is a legitimate function of government. THOM HARTMANN… Continue reading
HANNAH LEVINTOVA JULY+AUGUST 2022 ISSUE (motherjones.com) Guillem Casasús Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As a 28-year-old art student, Thomas Gokey convinced the Federal Reserve to give him bags of shredded currency worth $49,983, the exact amount of his ballooning student loan debt. He… Continue reading
‘It’s a good time for the popularity of this institution to fade away.’ By SONALI KOLHATKAR SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 (48hills.org) The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral. Americans, who… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Please hold the following people in your thoughts: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Francis Collins, who remains hospitalized Susan Witka, as she recovers from surgery Jackie Barshak, battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, as she continues chemo therapy. Melvin Starks recently released from the hospital! – Still needs… Continue reading
Protesters attend a rally for fair voting maps on March 26, 2019 outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Independent state legislative theory—a formerly fringe right-wing notion that state lawmakers alone can regulate federal elections—will be tested in the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming… Continue reading
