60 years too late to save the Rosenbergs
Once the executions took place on June 19th, 1953, the fatal errors could not be undone.
Oscars hid shameful side of "The Artist"
"The Artist" opens with a shameful and blatant episode of anti-Soviet and anti-Russian propaganda that has no place in advancing the plot of the film.
Iran, Israel and the U.S.: the slide to war
Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them.
Jeffrey Sachs and “The Price of Civilization”
Sachs is particularly good at showing where productive value from work is going.
University of Pennsylvania awards Du Bois honorary doctorate
Today would have been the 144th birthday of WEB Du Bois, the great scholar, civil rights and peace activist.
Will Supreme Court deliver death knell to campus diversity?
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could mean the death knell for racial and ethnic diversity on college campuses.
Anna Julia Cooper, 1858-1964: A fighter for equal rights for all
She was a leader in the fight for African American equality, women's equality and their rights in education, and for African Americans' and women's right to vote.
Why Occupy?
The world has entered a moment where millions of people are coming to believe that radical change is not only possible, but necessary.
