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“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

― Howard Zinn

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    Published On: 05/20/2025

    Published On: 05/20/2025

  • If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days

    Robert Reich
    The Guardian

    We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out

    Published On: 04/30/2025

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State

    Julia Angwin
    New York Times

    The creation of a huge government database of personal information about U.S. residents is dangerous and very likely against the law.

    Published On: 04/30/2025

    Published On: 04/30/2025

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    Published On: 05/06/2025

  • A Russian journalist’s escape from Moscow to Paris

    RSF
    Reporters Without Borders

    Exhausted but free, Ekaterina Barabash recounted her escape from the Russian authorities, who put her on their wanted list as she faced up to ten years in prison.

    Published On: 05/05/2025

  • Look to the Judges

    Steven Beschloss
    America, America

    While Trump despicably denies his duty to uphold the Constitution, let's take strength from judges who oppose his regime's illegal actions.

    Published On: 05/05/2025

  • Trump promised no new business deals with foreign governments. He lied.

    Judd Legum
    Popular Information

    The Trump Organization has announced new developments in the UAE, Qatar, India and Vietnam. But none in the United States.

    Published On: 05/05/2025

  • A cure for Trumpism: Radical empathy and radical change

    Anand Giridharadas
    The.Ink

    Some reflections on Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s playbook for a post-Trump America

    Published On: 05/05/2025

  • Trump’s Bizarre Campaign to Bend the Art World to His Will

    Dana Liebelson
    The New Republic

    The president and his allies want to use institutions like the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts to challenge the left’s cultural power.

    Published On: 05/04/2025

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