In the 1830s, the U.S. government removed the Muscogee Creek Tribe from their ancestral lands in modern-day Alabama and Georgia and gave the tribe’s farmland … Q&A with Native conservationistsRead more
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How Facebook Algorithms Promote Hate and Toxic Content
Facebook is in the limelight for both the right reasons and the wrong reasons. The wrong reason is that what was supposed to be a … How Facebook Algorithms Promote Hate and Toxic ContentRead more
AIPAC’s $25 Million Campaign to Unseat NY Congressmember
As the New York primary approaches, we end today’s show with the man New York magazine calls, quote, “the most endangered Democrat in America.” Jamaal … AIPAC’s $25 Million Campaign to Unseat NY CongressmemberRead more
Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending
On February 15, 23 months after more than 1,000 coal miners in Brookwood, Ala., walked out on their employers at Warrior Met Coal, representatives from … Why the Warrior Met Strike Is EndingRead more
How the Higgs Boson Ruined Peter Higgs’s Life
Ten years ago scientists announced one of the most momentous discoveries in physics: the Higgs boson. The particle, predicted 48 years earlier, was the missing … How the Higgs Boson Ruined Peter Higgs’s LifeRead more
Achieving Self-Funding Local Sovereignty as Global Food Systems Collapse
The solution to the current food crisis is small and local, including growing food locally. But how to fund local food co-ops without pricey loans … Achieving Self-Funding Local Sovereignty as Global Food Systems CollapseRead more
New Film Exploring Trauma in Palestine
new film, that explores the struggle of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation through themes of loss, trauma and the fight for justice. It’s called … New Film Exploring Trauma in PalestineRead more
DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser Isn’t Private
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about DuckDuckGo, the “branding condom” for Microsoft Bing. The company is basically “fake”. It has a tiny little … DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser Isn’t PrivateRead more
The Palestinian Lawyer Censored by Columbia and Harvard
The website of the Columbia Law Review, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal journals in the country, has been down since Monday. At … The Palestinian Lawyer Censored by Columbia and HarvardRead more
First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds
Proteins extracted from fragments of prehistoric eggshell found in the Australian sands confirm that the continent’s earliest humans consumed the eggs of a two-metre tall … First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birdsRead more