November 30, 1999: World Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle Disrupted By Anti-Globalization Protests November 30, 1999: World Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle Disrupted By Anti-Globalization Protests
“The scenes from Seattle are something not seen since the sixties, but in their totality unimaginable even then.”
Nov 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count
At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.
Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein
November 29, 1980: Dorothy Day Dies November 29, 1980: Dorothy Day Dies
“All the gamblers in a Greenwich Village bar admired her because she could drink any one of them under the table.”
Nov 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
The Colorado Shooting Comes Amid an ‘Alarming’ Escalation of Anti-Abortion Violence The Colorado Shooting Comes Amid an ‘Alarming’ Escalation of Anti-Abortion Violence
Threats and attacks on clinics and abortion providers have risen dramatically since an undercover video sting aimed at Planned Parenthood.
Nov 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting
Republican contenders who have had so very much to say against Planned Parenthood were largely mum after Friday’s deadly violence.
Nov 28, 2015 / John Nichols
November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies
“Mr. Wright’s style often reminds one of a stream ‘riled’ by a heavy storm.”
Nov 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
November 27, 1978: San Francisco Councilman Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone Are Assassinated November 27, 1978: San Francisco Councilman Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone Are Assassinated
“Milk spoke to and for his homosexual supporters, but he believed he was working for a greater good: the liberation of the surrounding society.”
Nov 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Giving Thanks for a Nation of Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants Giving Thanks for a Nation of Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants
Rejecting the ugly politics of now, President Obama recalls an American Thanksgiving tradition of paying “tribute to people of every background and belief.”
Nov 26, 2015 / John Nichols
November 26, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Proclaims Thanksgiving Day November 26, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
“Thanksgiving Day has not a genuine ring. Somehow it sounds ill-suited to the times.”
Nov 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
We’ve Used Racial and Ethnic Profiling for Centuries, and It Hasn’t Worked Yet We’ve Used Racial and Ethnic Profiling for Centuries, and It Hasn’t Worked Yet
Too many politicians choose to play to the lowest common denominator, pushing measures that make them sound tough but respond to no identifiable problem.
Nov 25, 2015 / David Cole