This is the best summary of the not-so-hidden agenda of the corporate class to weaken the tiny bit of power the working class still
Category: Activism
No roses, no chocolates: Other ways to show some love on Valentine’s Day
Recently I received an online solicitation for Valentine’s Day from a surprising source. It wasn’t from a florist or a greeting-card company. It came
Lesser-known heroes of the civil rights movement
We’ve all heard the timeworn speeches eulogizing the 16th president of our great nation for his iconoclastic measures to end slavery and admired his
In Congress: A bill to abolish nuclear weapons by 2020
We need to work to end wars. One way to do that is to get rid of all nuclear weapons. Eleanor Holmes Norton has
Invisible and hurting
Many of my friends have been incredibly generous with donations of food, money, toiletries and blankets to the St. Louis Homeless Winter Outreach volunteers.
Cheerio, GMOs!
2013 was a mixed year for advocates of labeling GMO ingredients in our food. On the plus side, the movement gained visibility and succeeded
The “Grand Unifying Theory” and the case for societal action
Before dawn on a wickedly cold and rainy Thursday morning, fast food workers in black hoodies and t-shirts gathered on a parking lot on
The pope, the president and the public schools
Sometimes progressives don’t agree with conservatives, and the gist of the differences are about policy issues. Other times, one or perhaps both sides of
Political cartoonists pay tribute to Nelson Mandela
I’m going to make a guilty confession here: During much of his lifetime, Nelson Mandela mostly existed at the periphery of my political awareness. When
War weary? There’s a bill for that.
With winter coming, I love to go out when it snows and the air is so peaceful. I even like to shovel snow at