San Francisco’s push to open a college campus in its struggling downtown is a promising idea, but city officials should embrace a revolutionary one: Make it a satellite campus of a historically Black university. Justin Phillips Aug. 6, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) Aurion Wiley-Green says she would have attended a historically Black… Continue reading
Filmmaker: Terre Nash (released 1982, running time 26 min) ISBN: 1559742208 This powerful documentary records a lecture given to American students in 1981 by Dr. Helen Caldicott, founding president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. In the film, Dr. Caldicott outlines the effects of detonating a single twenty-megaton bomb, and traces… Continue reading
Grove’s Theater marquee announcing the opening of Oppenheimer is pictured in Los Angeles California, on July 20, 2023. (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) The service that the new Christopher Nolan film has brought forth, providing public awareness about nuclear weapons, demands that we cannot remain silent. ROBERT DODGE Jul 24, 2023 Common… Continue reading
In “Revolutionary Spring,” the Cambridge historian Christopher Clark argues for the lasting impact of the uprisings that engulfed Europe in 1848. By Alexander Zevin June 13, 2023 BUY BOOK ▾ (NYTimes.com) When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. REVOLUTIONARY SPRING: Europe Aflame and the… Continue reading
Published Friday 7:09AM (TheOnion.com) OAKLAND, CA—During a visit Friday to an urgent care facility at which a man seeking medical attention revealed that he did not have health insurance, a doctor reportedly told the patient, “I see…unfortunately, you must now be punished.” “It’s so sad, my friend: You, coming in… Continue reading
What it doesn’t say is that the potential buying public is badly underpaid. BY HAROLD MEYERSON JULY 31, 2023 (Prospect.org) WILFREDO LEE/AP PHOTO An electric Ford Mustang Mach-E 4X is shown displayed at the FLA Live Arena, January 28, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida. The planet may be wilting under its hottest month this… Continue reading
U.S. Army Spc. Charles Graner tortures hooded and handcuffed prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command) “The ruling has cleared the way, almost 20 years hence, for our clients to tell their story in open court,” said the legal director at the Center… Continue reading
AUG 3, 2023 (levernews.com) The oil company whose vinyl chloride poisoned East Palestine gave $2 million to the Senate GOP as lawmakers watered down and stalled proposed reforms. MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK JULIA ROCK A black plume from controlled detonation of chemicals on a derailed Norfolk Southern train rises over East Palestine,… Continue reading
POSTED IN THE MARC STEINER SHOW (therealnews.com) Bhaskar Sunkara and D.D. Guttenplan make the case for why Cornel West should bring his candidacy into the Democratic Party. BY MARC STEINER AUGUST 1, 2023 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and political activist and author Cornel West walk onstage together during… Continue reading
Novara Media Premiered Sep 11, 2022 Downstream We are constantly told that we are witnessing unprecedented innovation in Tech. We are told our problems will be solved by apps, electric cars or space exploration. Is this innovation truly liberating? Or does it serve to outsource labour and further consolidate power… Continue reading
