It’s hard to step into the shoes of someone who has such had the media, Bollywood, and generations before them point towards the same sentiment without ever humanizing the issues at hand. Which is why what Coca-Cola did is something simple, but brilliant. Continue reading »
Tag Archives: United States
Commentary / Health / Law / Religion
Good News: Afghanistan Taliban Will No Longer Interfere With Polio Vaccinations
At this intersection of public health and politics, not only are lives being lost but there is support for the idea that, without a more cohesive effort to eradicate polio completely, the number of cases in these countries could increase to thousands a year in a matter of ten years. Continue reading »
Commentary / Gender / Law
Here’s All the Women in U.S. Congress in One Sad Infographic
Let’s be honest: the United States Congress, the legislating body for the United States, is not known for being the most diverse. Continue reading »
Insects: An Untapped Food Resource
The UN encourages us to embrace the insect-eating ways of our less squeamish friends in different nations for the sake of food security. Insects are actually of great nutritional value because they are high in protein and fats. Continue reading »
Commentary / Health / Race / Sexuality / Technology
Google Maps for the United States of Hate
Researchers from Humboldt University have taken geotagged ableist, racist and homophobic Tweet over the past year and mapped them Continue reading »
Law / Race / Commentary / Poverty
What Would Make the Police Better? If They Protected and Served Everyone Equally
The position that the LAPD and other police forces across the country is a problematic one, not least because it often gets in the way of them doing their own jobs. Continue reading »
Business / Commentary / Law
Why Legalizing Weed Will Do Nothing against Mexican Cartels In One Image
Proponents of marijuana legalization like to say that legalizing weed will chip away at the cartels but, based on the amount of diversification that cartels have done in recent years, their influence seems pretty intractable. Continue reading »
The Way We Talk about Public Schools Is Part of the Problem
People are always trying to find things to pinpoint the blame on when discussing the country’s failing schools, some more politically correct than others. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Education / Housing / Poverty / Youth
The Myth of the United States’ Failing Schools
Though we are constantly hammered over the head by proclamations of students’ ineptitude compared to other countries, it seems that the picture is not nearly as clear as proponents of charter schools would like us to think. Continue reading »
Education / Health / Immigration / Law / Poverty
Immigrants With Mental Disabilities Just Got the Right to Court-Appointed Lawyers When Facing Deportation. About Time.
The government’s official policy is that immigrants have no right to a taxpayer-funded lawyer if they face deportation. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Food / Housing
Families Around the World Pose With their Groceries for the Week
The pictures are interesting, not just to see what the families purchased (the Mexican family bought a heap of Coca Cola), but also the quality of ingredients, how large the families were, whether extended families lived in the same house, how much food they were able to buy and their level of happiness in the pictures. Continue reading »
Environment / Housing / Poverty / Race
This Map Shows You How Polluted Your Zip Code Is
If you live in California, that is. Continue reading »
Commentary / Immigration / Law
Here’s Why Congress Just Needs to Hurry Up and Reform Immigration Already
Despite the fact that the Boston Marathon bombing has provided an excuse for politicians and pundits who are determined to stand in the way of solutions, it is clear that something needs to be done about immigration laws. Continue reading »
$5 Can Buy You a Ton of Bananas in Ethiopia and Other Lessons from This Video
The lesson of the video isn’t just that you can buy a metric ton of beer in China. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Commentary / Housing / Law / Religion
What’s at Stake During the Hunger Strike in Guantanamo
It’s funny in a tragic way that a hunger strike was necessary to even regain attention. Continue reading »
Arts/Media / Commentary / Immigration / Law / Race / Technology / Youth
The Effects of False Accusations of the Boston Marathon Bombings (Updated)
The thing is, it does matter that, for a brief period of time, these people were believed to be suspects, even if only in the court of public opinion and not by the FBI. Continue reading »
Analysis / Arts/Media / Immigration / Race / Technology / Youth
Outside the Prism of Black-White Racism
Just as the world isn’t black and white, neither is the United States anymore. Continue reading »
So Nevada Is Just Dumping People with Mental Illness in Other States Now
In February, James Flavy Coy Brown was discharged from Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital and sent on a Greyhound bus to Sacramento, a city where he had never lived and knew nobody Continue reading »
The Hunger Games Trilogy Makes the Case for Contraception
Like any brutal regime, the Capitol needed to wrest control of women’s bodies from women and families, making them properties of the state, for true power.
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Commentary / Education / Race / Youth
Students Want to Get Rid of Segregated Proms that Somehow Still Exist in the U.S. in 2013
The high school in Wilcox Country, Georgia has segregated proms: one prom for White people, the White prom, and another prom for other races, the Integrated Prom. Keela Bloodworth, along with her friends, are attempting to change this situation. Continue reading »
Commentary / Education / Technology / Video / Youth
‘Peace Tube’ Is Like ‘Chat Roulette’ for Peace
The Peace Tube Project connects users on Facebook with other users with similar backgrounds as they have. The primary difference between the two people is their country of origin. Continue reading »
Commentary / Law / Poverty / Race
Rhode Island Just Decriminalized Marijuana, but Proponents Shouldn’t Get Complacent
Decriminalization is an important step, but it is not legalization. Continue reading »
Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay on Hunger Strike
31 prisoners as of last Monday are refusing food and living of off water. Continue reading »
Commentary / Education / Poverty / Race / Youth
This Is What Happens When We Make Test Results the End Result for Education
Atlanta superintendent Evelyn Hall and dozens of educators in Atlanta were indicted for a massive cheating ring on Friday; allegations include that teachers and principals changed incorrect answers on tests, that cheating was encouraged and that whistleblowers were severely punished. But can we surprised when high-profile cheating scandals like these do occur? Continue reading »
The Next Great Civil Rights Battle: Atheism?
Activists like Todd Stiefel are pouring millions of dollars to make atheism the next Big Civil Rights Issue, stating that it should be similar in scope to women’s rights, LGBT rights and the civil rights movements of African Americans and Latinos during the 1960s. Continue reading »
