As the curve of the current pandemic increases world wide, we need to heed the lessons of the past and not let the less scrupulous among us advance their agendas using the pandemic as cover. “The New York Times called the vigilantism “the most diabolical and savage procedure that has
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Dead Wild Roses: The Latent Racism in the Better Homes in America Program
An interesting article over at JSTOR by Manisha Claire It reminds me that that the reality we live today were conscious choices that were made by people in the past. Part of the American zeitgeist is a strong emphasis on personal responsibility and ‘rugged individualism’. These qualities did not
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Border Walls Are.
The psychological need for security is important. The people who formulate our politic know that can can often use our natural tendencies to gain our acceptance of polices that make little sense, from a strictly rational point of view. Border walls and the many issues that surround them occupy this
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: Aaron Swartz inspires week of action against Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Activists Seek to Defeat CFAA Expansion Proposal, Pass Reforms to Protect Innovators and Internet Users. By: Demand Progress: WASHINGTON – Today, on the day that Aaron Swartz‘s trial was set to have begun, Demand Progress and Aaron Swartz’s partner Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman announced that activists will engage in a week of action
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