I thought this Laura Seay piece lambasting English language coverage of Mali pretty outstanding. I know nothing about Mali and thus haven't commented on it except to express sadness at the loss of cultural heritage (and yay! most of the Timbuktu manuscripts have survived thanks...
Author: Erik Loomis
Today, I turned 39. In my ripe old age, I'd like to share some advice from the WPA. From 1941: The more you know.
George Packer's comments on the terribleness of Southern politics has inspired a number of responses, most notably from Gary Wills. These discussions frustrate me though for a number of reasons..
Brooklyn College's Department of Political Science, the home department of Corey Robin among others, is under attack for inviting speakers such as Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti to speak on the subject of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement against Israel. Right-wing fake outrage is...
Robert Stacy McCain, the man who defended the lynching of Emmett Till, has some really good advice for the Republican Party. Double down on white supremacy and reject those anti-capitalist.
While I guess I'm glad that McDonald's is using a certified fish that is theoretically sustainable (although I doubt it really), I don't know what karma the entire noble species.
As baseball fans know, every stadium has some version of the "race" between innings where the fans can root for a meaningless computerized competition between different colored objects. In Seattle for instance, it's speedboats. Usually these remain computerized. The Washington Nationals have taken a different...
Some dude won $75,000 by making a half-court shot at a basketball game. The story on ESPN: said dude has to pay, gasp, taxes on his earnings! The horror. The.
On January 25, 1941, A. Philip Randolph, head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the most important civil rights leader of the World War II era, called for.
DS Wright with some valuable commentary on major union leaders wanting to retire Scabby the Rat because it doesn't fit their "value proposition." A sad and familiar refrain among the now fading trade unions – foregoing confrontation for illusory accommodation. There is perhaps no dumber...
I can see why Republicans are trying to rig the 2016 elections. Their politicians are utterly hopeless in appealing to the mainstream of this nation. A couple of fresh examples.
I would pay money to watch former Colorado congressman, anti-immigrant racist, and overall jerk Tom Tancredo smoke marijuana. And at least someone is going to have that chance.