Robert Earl Keen played in Pawtucket last night. I was lucky enough to be reminded by a friend this was happening and went. It was fantastic. Because I am mildly cranky this evening, it's good to relax by listening to a couple of his best...
Month: November 2015
Mayor David Bowers brings something new to the Refugee Refusal table: "President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and.
The GOP has turned from its usual opposition to all taxes to wanting to tax the poor at the expense of the rich. Josh Mound breaks down this transition over.
Kurt Schlichter is such a gross weirdo. On a Florida golf course, the secure cell phone of the retired Marine everyone called “The Wildman” rang, ruining his putt. The Wildman was a legend for his aggression, hence his nickname. And his love for the...
$95.5 million is a start. The United States has reached a landmark global settlement with Education Management Corp. (EDMC), the second-largest for-profit education company in the country, the Department.
Let's just rename the universities Division of Capitalist Services. Because that's what they are becoming. First, there's the overwhelming work put into destroying the arts, humanities, and, to a lesser.
This is a guest post by Melissa K. Byrnes, who is Associate Professor of History at Southwestern University. Her research focuses on issues of migration, French Muslims, empire, activism, and human rights. She is finishing a book on post-1945 community activism for North African rights...
Krugman: This post isn’t about what you think it’s about. I’m not talking about a looming coup; I’m talking about the problems facing political science, which — it recently occurred.
I'm always surprised by how little snobbery I encounter when I tell people I am a digital artist who focuses on photo manipulation. I don't know if this is because.
The U.S. and Vietnam have a side agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership that supposedly makes it easier for labor unions to organize. It sounds good in theory but probably will do nothing to protect worker rights. A pact between Washington and Hanoi to strengthen labor...
My latest at the Diplomat looks at one of the.
I'm surprised the Federal Reserve hasn't raised interest rates yet as it's been rumored for a good year. But the time is coming, despite Janet Yellen doing some work to.