You cannot be a leftist- or in any event a decent human being- and walk away from the university humanities. This is class war; making these fields only available to an aristocracy is the opposite of using literacy, critical thinking, and the spread of ideas to better the world.
wow, you're telling me a ton of senators and congressmen have been funneling bribes into their personal pacs for years? it's almost like the dissenting opinion in citizens united was right, and that opening the door to super pacs has undermined the integrity of elections!
Columbia had students who said this was true arrested, expelled, and stripped of their degrees. They were falsely accused of antisemitism by the international press and government for speaking out. What will the consequence be for the perpetrators admitting it? Probably nothing.
obviously it’s not perfect but wikipedia might genuinely be one of the top ten best ideas of my lifetime. a free, ad-less encyclopedia with millions of articles available in hundreds of languages that the majority of humans can access from anywhere. what a gift
While it's important to call this out, if the average American had any idea how much of everything we eat, buy, and touch is directly tied to prison labor, which this country essentially runs on, y'all would die of shock. It's the engine of the entire economy
“don’t build a giant nightmare factory in my town that will raise all my utility prices without providing any tangible benefits besides making it easier to automate my job” is the easiest political stance of all time for anyone not actively getting paid off by big tech
i love declining cookies. i love telling TSA agents i do not consent to having my photo taken. i love pretending i have any agency over the countless tiny ways i am surveilled every single moment of every single day
BREAKING: The House just voted 216-212 to pass a national defense authorization act that takes a huge step towards meshing the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
This legislation would massively expand U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation and integration.
One portion of the bill, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, would give Israel access to U.S. military and intelligence systems’ technology, information, and supply chain, while giving the U.S. very little in return.
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Doctors in DC and PG county Maryland (east of DC) are warning patients wth cardiovascular issues to stay inside or leave the area for several days following July 4 fireworks. Trump’s display (880,000 shells compared to usual 20,000) now expected to create dangerous air pollution