Blues never die: B.B. King reigned but music lives on
No one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
How advancing technology will change future socialist society
Ever since humans started using sharp rocks to hunt and craft, advancing technology has driven development.
Freddie Gray, burning Baltimore and constitutional rights
While in police custody, Freddie Gray's spine was "80 percent severed at the neck."
Leaked emails a reminder of comics' anti-woman problem
Emails uncovered by Wikileaks, and anti-woman comments in an interview with Avengers actors, do not paint a nice picture of how Marvel views women.
“I’ll sit out the 2016 elections”: really?
Announcements by candidates running for president are coming fast and furious; the 2016 election campaign has begun.
Indigenous people walk off set of Adam Sandler film "Ridiculous Six"
Reducing a whole group of people down to stereotypes further dehumanizes Native people.
King and his radical vision: a study for today
In light of recent police killings, it's worthwhile to study how MLK drew the clergy and trade unions into the civil rights movement of their time.
On 40th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end, it’s mea culpa time
The Vietnamese - victims of invasion, aggression and atrocities - haven't forgotten us.
People of the U.S. are key to ending blockade of Cuba
The biggest problem facing foreign policy makers today may not be apparent to the average person browsing the internet.
Three legs of the economy: The past is prologue
This kind of economy stands on three legs: raw materials, cheap labor, and as little regulation from government as possible.
