Author: Erik Loomis
The sociopath in the Maine governor's chair continues his war on the poor: Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage, an outspoken opponent of public assistance, managed to remove thousands of residents.
I really don't care whether Peyton Manning is shooting himself up with HGH or not. Hiring goons to intimidate the family members of the person making the accusations is however.
Important new research here on the connections between major toxic polluters and where they site their factories: We ask the following questions: (I) Are producer disproportionalities present and consistent across.
If you are looking for some good long reads this Saturday, check out this forum on placing the Flint water crisis in historical context, featuring some of our leading environmental.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was officially signed by the negotiating countries in Auckland a couple of days ago. This received almost no news coverage, although it will when it goes up.
Rebecca Onion highlights some pages from Lewis Tappan's anti-slavery children's magazine that he ran in the late 1830s. Because the American Anti-Slavery Society favored complete and immediate emancipation, writes historian.
I think there's plenty of room to critique Ta-Nehisi Coates from a class perspective. And I don't think it's particularly useful for us to look at one or two people.
Kara Brown is damned tired of slavery movies. I am not, but I get that every other high-profile Oscar-nominated film about black lives is an exercise in filming black bodily.