by Russ Walsh/Russ on Reading In case you missed it, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, erstwhile presidential candidate, declared on CNN Sunday that teachers unions need a “punch in the face.” Faced with declining numbers in the polls and with being out-bullied by Donald Trump, Christie has […]
by Jalil Muntaqim/FreeJalil.com To lose a child under any circumstances is heart-wrenching for any parent. This is especially true when it is done by a representative of government. When the police kill, particularly a child, more specifically a man-child of color, it raises many questions about justification. As […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Occupy Entitlement Written off like a disobedient child; a subversive flare-up of Millenial angst. Left for dead by many outside of the movement, the ones who failed to engage in it. Who failed to touch it. The dying light of the Occupy movement […]
by Shahd Abusalama/Guest/Palestine From My Eyes Overnight on Friday, 31 July, a group of masked Jewish settlers threw firebombs through a window of the Dawabsha family house in Kufr Douma, near Nablus. They fell in the bedroom where the whole family had been sleeping peacefully, setting the house […]
by Suzanne Richardson/Contributor [This is a transcript of a presentation by Suzanne at TEDx Utica in November 2014. It has been edited for context. Any additional emphasis is on part of the author.] As a professor at Utica College one of the things I always worry about is […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage So looks as though the Facebooks has blown up over the $15/hour for fast food workers in New York State, so I’ll throw my two cents in since I have a Master’s in Public Policy and studied the minimum wage quite a bit. […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage The case of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old Chicago-area activist who was found dead in a Texas jail cell on July 13th, has opened up many questions in the past two weeks. The stated cause of death was ruled asphyxiation via autopsy by the […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage There’s a lot being said, ad populum, in defense of how American society views what it popularly refers to as the “Confederate flag”. An outstanding characteristic of these arguments is how removed from recorded history they are, as if it never occurred to […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage “Abortion” and the “sanctity of human life” are terms that are thrown around a lot in American politics. Abortion activists are some of the most committed, vocal and visible activists in the United States. If you don’t believe that, drive by any Planned […]
Artwork by Gavin Aung Than/Zen Pencils About the quote: ‘Taking the Piss’ is an excerpt from the 2004 book Cut It Out, by Banksy the English graffiti artist of repute which varies on your opinion of antiestablishment, iconoclast street art. Banksy’s work can be seen on the internet […]
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