Services and support for elderly care are limited in the United States. With block grants often redirected to programs that state officials deem more critical, elders suffer needlessly. The U.S.… Read the rest of the article: TikTok and dementia

In a capitalist society, your debt is someone else's asset. Student debt is owned by private equity firms, not the federal government. Why is the current proposal to forgive student… Read the rest of the article: The origins of student debt

"Only mess with the best." This mash-up, "Wu-Tang Meets Rhythm and Blues," re-introduces wonderful soundscape surprises. From the YouTube Channel "Hidden Chamber," this mix is unanticipated inspirational memory. Your feet… Read the rest of the article: Wu-Tang Meets Rhythm and Blues

Check out this informative documentary thread by @marina0swald—who, to be clear, is not actually Marina Oswald, the 81-year-old widow of JFK assassin Lee Harvey. The thrust of the thread is… Read the rest of the article: Gloria Steinem and the CIA

"We still are hurting and will not stop looking for justice because this is the only way we can have peace in our hearts..for Tonito [Antonio] but especially to ensure… Read the rest of the article: Tracking fatal encounters with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

Columbus Day, claiming a neutral celebration of this military merchant from Italian heritage has always been a contested historical event, from the day of "arrival" until the present. The history… Read the rest of the article: Every day is Columbus Day for indigenous peoples

On September 4, 2022, most Chileans who voted in the Constitutional Referendum chose not to approve the new proposed document. The vote was historic because of a two-year process of… Read the rest of the article: Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet

Uprooted, a new podcast produced by Maureen McCollum and Omar Granados on Wisconsin Public Radio, explores the post 1980s history of Cuban migration to the United States. The eight-episode podcast… Read the rest of the article: Podcast: Cubans in Wisconsin

What is the relationship between car culture, urban sprawl, and climate change? What would it take to shift from private car culture to spending on public transportation infrastructure? r/fuckcars and… Read the rest of the article: Subreddit knows what's up with cars

"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you'd say, 'Get that son of a b—- off the field right now. Out! He's… Read the rest of the article: Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

In support of the protests in Iran against the murder of Mahsa Amini, Italian artist aleXsandro Palombo posted to his social media accounts this painted image of Marge Simpson cutting… Read the rest of the article: Marge Simpson cuts her iconic hair in painting outside the Iranian consulate in Milan

"In favor of a fully-socialized city" When Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed his New Deal Legislation in the 1930s, hardcore market capitalists derided him as a socialist. This refrain is often… Read the rest of the article: Map shows how socialist New York City already was 127 years ago

Arise!: Global Radicalism "It is not by moral outrage alone that people have lent their lives to the struggle for better worlds. Neither is it by the purity of instruction… Read the rest of the article: History book about era of Mexican revolution is also about tomorrow

In 2007, General Motors launched the Hummer H3. GM produced a commercial about tofu, meat, and masculinity to advertise this military-inspired civilian vehicle. Slate ad critic Seth Stevenson offered this… Read the rest of the article: Remember the Hummer H3 tofu commercial?

Police departments are one of the most secretive institutions in society. In a capitalist country that generally denies the rights of organized labor, with "right to work laws," for example,… Read the rest of the article: Website reveals law enforcement misconduct data in New York City

Though she could not (legally) vote in Arizona, Liz Cheney declared on Wednesday, October 6th, at the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, "For almost 40 years now, I've been… Read the rest of the article: Liz Cheney is an Arizona Democrat, but is Kirsten Sinema?

I blivett multiple times a night, try to avoid situations that could lead to microts, and continue to be in awe at the destructions of societies that are IMF'd. Sniglet… Read the rest of the article: What Sniglets, Haiti and the International Monetary Fund have in common

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced SNIcK) emerged in 1960 as part of the sit-in movement across the Southern United States. Over the decade and into the 1970s, SNCC… Read the rest of the article: Continuing the work of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, challenging racism since the 1960s

As Langston Hughes said in 1936, "Fascism is a new name for that kind of terror the Negro has always faced in America." Antifa means anti-fascist. Do you believe in… Read the rest of the article: Antifa means Anti-fascist

Big Noise Tactical Media was a radical media collective founded circa 1998 by Jacque Soohen and Rick Rowley. "Zapatista (1998), Black and Gold (1999), and This Is What Democracy Looks… Read the rest of the article: What the Big Noise Tactical Media Collective was about