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Will GOP Voters Go to War with Corporations Over New Vaccine Mandates?

And what are Republican leaders going to do when the civil society moves in the direction of good public health?

August 30, 2021 • by John Stoehr

_____ Now that the Food and Drug Administration has finally given its full blessing to the Pfizer BioNTech shot, the president is jawboning corporate leaders into establishing mandates requiring employees to be vaccinated. This is not a reversal, as some reporters have said. Joe Biden is not ordering firms to do ...

Will GOP Voters Go to War with Corporations Over New Vaccine Mandates?

Politics

Individualism Vs. the Common Good in America

For all that Republicans insist that individualism is the heart of Americanism, in fact the history of federal protection of the common good began in the 1860s

August 30, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

_____ America is in a watershed moment. Since the 1980s, the country has focused on individualism: the idea that the expansion of the federal government after the Depression in the 1930s created a form of collectivism that we must destroy by cutting taxes and slashing regulation to leave individuals free to ...

Individualism Vs. the Common Good in America

Politics

Cuomo and the Buffalo Bills’ Billion

When a political scandal and a stadium subsidy collide

August 23, 2021 • by Pat Garofalo

_____ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation last week following the release of a report by New York Attorney General Tish James showing that Cuomo had sexually harassed several women. When Cuomo officially leaves office next week, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will take over. Cuomo has been governor for more ...

Politics

The 20-Year Militarization of Our Borders Has Failed like the 20-Year Military Occupation of Afghanistan. Let’s End Both

They cause more harm than good

August 20, 2021 • by John Stoehr

_____ The conventional wisdom in Washington already appears to be that the president made a huge mistake by failing to evacuate Americans and Afghans before that government’s collapse and the Taliban took over. I suppose that’s the result of a video from Kabul in which desperate people are witnessed doing desperate ...

The 20-Year Militarization of Our Borders Has Failed like the 20-Year Military Occupation of Afghanistan. Let’s End Both

Politics

Redistricting and Race in the 2020 Census

Will an increasingly urbanizing, multicultural nation continue to accept being governed by an ever-smaller white, rural minority?

August 18, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

_____ Last week, the Census Bureau released information about the 2020 census, designed to enable states to start the process of drawing new lines for their congressional districts, a process known as redistricting. Because of that very limited intent for this particular information dump, the picture the material gives is a very ...

Redistricting and Race in the 2020 Census

Activism

New UN Climate Report Is ‘Code Red for Humanity,’ but Joining Forces and Using Indigenous Knowledge Could Avert Disaster

In its first major climate report since 2013, the IPCC offers its starkest warning yet: Serious impacts of global warming are now unavoidable

August 13, 2021 • by Reynard Loki

_____ In a grim report released on August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that climate change was “unequivocally” caused by human activity, and that within two decades, rising temperatures will cause the planet to reach a significant turning point in global warming. The report’s authors—a group of ...

New UN Climate Report Is ‘Code Red for Humanity,’ but Joining Forces and Using Indigenous Knowledge Could Avert Disaster

Politics

Actually, Facebook Does Kill People

Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s “An Ugly Truth” reveals why Mark Zuckerberg’s denials that Facebook is a Covid-19 conspiracy superspreader are laughable

August 6, 2021 • by Claire Potter

_____ On July 16, a reporter writing a story about Covid-19 vaccine disinformation asked Joe Biden: “What’s your message to platforms like Facebook?” The President answered, “I mean, they’re killing people. Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people.” I want to point out that although ...

North America

Backing Trump When He Is Out of Office Is…Expensive

As the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol begins its work, the Department of Justice invites Republican politicians who supported the insurrection to defend themselves

July 30, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

The ripples of the explosive Tuesday testimony that four police officers gave before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol continue to spread. Committee members are meeting this week to decide how they will proceed. Congress goes on recess during August, but ...

Backing Trump When He Is Out of Office Is…Expensive

Activism

The Myth That Meat Is Essential for Human Health Could Harm Us All

Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer

July 29, 2021 • by Jennifer Barckley

_____ Bacon and eggs for breakfast, a turkey sandwich for lunch, and roasted chicken for dinner are some of the go-to meal choices in America where meat is considered an essential part of the everyday diet. Historically, Americans have been led to believe that eating meat and other animal products is necessary ...

The Myth That Meat Is Essential for Human Health Could Harm Us All

Politics

Censorship Is Now so Broadly Defined as to Mean Anyone Disagreeing with Me Is Censoring Me

Free speech and counter-speech are not “cancel culture”

July 26, 2021 • by John Stoehr

_____ Newspapers and magazines and any kind of media in printed form have always, and I mean always, reserved the right to publish or not publish whatever they feel like publishing or not publishing for whatever reason—even just because. I come from printed stuff. This belief is baked into me. When ...

Censorship Is Now so Broadly Defined as to Mean Anyone Disagreeing with Me Is Censoring Me

Activism

Undercover Investigations Expose Brutal Wildlife Killing Contests

Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states

July 21, 2021 • by Katie Stennes

_____ You would really have to try hard to find anything more depraved than a wildlife killing contest, which targets coyotes, foxes, bobcats, squirrels, raccoons, crows and even wolves and cougars in some states, for the sake of a prize that could range from cash to hunting equipment. These contests are ...

Undercover Investigations Expose Brutal Wildlife Killing Contests

Art & Design

How Charlie Brown Remained A “Good Man”

Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz went to great lengths to avoid political controversy. But as culture became more political, he navigated that challenge with skill and grace

July 21, 2021 • by Blake Scott Ball

_____ Charlie Brown had a hard time choosing sides. This was always part of the humor of his character. It was also one of the many things he hated about himself. On New Year’s Eve 1965 Charlie Brown, the star of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, decided to change: he would be decisive, clear-cut, ...

Politics

Will GOP Voters Go to War with Corporations Over New Vaccine Mandates?

And what are Republican leaders going to do when the civil society moves in the direction of good public health?

Individualism Vs. the Common Good in America

For all that Republicans insist that individualism is the heart of Americanism, in fact the history of federal protection of the common good began in the 1860s

Cuomo and the Buffalo Bills’ Billion

When a political scandal and a stadium subsidy collide

The 20-Year Militarization of Our Borders Has Failed like the 20-Year Military Occupation of Afghanistan. Let’s End Both

They cause more harm than good

Redistricting and Race in the 2020 Census

Will an increasingly urbanizing, multicultural nation continue to accept being governed by an ever-smaller white, rural minority?

New UN Climate Report Is ‘Code Red for Humanity,’ but Joining Forces and Using Indigenous Knowledge Could Avert Disaster

In its first major climate report since 2013, the IPCC offers its starkest warning yet: Serious impacts of global warming are now unavoidable

Backing Trump When He Is Out of Office Is…Expensive

As the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol begins its work, the Department of Justice invites Republican politicians who supported the insurrection to defend themselves

The Myth That Meat Is Essential for Human Health Could Harm Us All

Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer

Censorship Is Now so Broadly Defined as to Mean Anyone Disagreeing with Me Is Censoring Me

Free speech and counter-speech are not “cancel culture”

Undercover Investigations Expose Brutal Wildlife Killing Contests

Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states

How Charlie Brown Remained A “Good Man”

Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz went to great lengths to avoid political controversy. But as culture became more political, he navigated that challenge with skill and grace

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