Posted on November 20, 2009
Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Mich. (Photo courtesy of the Immigration Sites of Conscience Project)
A nationwide initiative pulls museums into one of today’s most highly charged issues: immigration.
By Kari Lydersen
Some people think of museums as refuges of the past, full of brittle documents and mothballed artifacts. However, the new Immigration Sites of Conscience project draws on the historical authority of museums while pulling them into one of the most highly charged issues of the present: immigration.
As part of the initiative, which launched this fall and continues indefinitely, museums across the country are hosting exhibits and events while reaching out to local communities… more
Opaque prose aside, Judith Butler's new book asks crucial questions about how we tolerate state-sanctioned death.
Whose life is worth protecting? If the question shocks us, it is because we hesitate to declare, by implication, that there are people whose lives aren't worth protecting.
Yet, while it may not be put… more
If we are to revive American schools, we must top dwelling on despair and rejoice at the power of learning, a new book argues. The October 26 issue of Newsweek featured a cover story on the "three-year solution," the belief of Robert Zemsky, a University of Pennsylvania professor, that the nation's universities should shorten their undergraduate degree programs from… more
A common sense approach to stopping unnecessary death.
A mother from suburban Hartford, Conn., had a life-saving drug on hand when she truly needed it. One evening last spring, she found her son, who had recently returned from an addiction treatment pro-gram, unconscious… more
Last weekend in Singapore, President Barack Obama acknowledged that a comprehensive international climate deal will not be reached during the climate change summit in Copenhagen. While many... more
First it was immigrants from Mexico, now Muslims in the armed services. After the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, conservative pundits are verbally attacking Muslims and Arab-Americans,... more
A Michigan woman threatened a Minnesota newspaper with mass murder for criticizing Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)'s anti-health reform rally, reports Paul Schmelzer in the Minnesota Independent:
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Viewpoint
 By David Sirota
In the parlance of our times, the term “Idiocracy” means a nation run by idiots—and the term “idiot” is defined by the dictionary as “an utterly… more
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Recent Articles
Too big to regulate, the banks need to be broken up. By David Moberg
The big banks are back, larger than ever, with profits and stock prices soaring and huge bonuses expected—thanks to taxpayers and the federal government.… more
A new group takes the fight for a single-payer system directly to insurers—and politicians. By Diana Novak
Since September 29, when Mobilization for Health Care for All organized its first sit-in at health insurer Aetna’s New York City offices, more than… more
As peace accord negotiations continue, the ousted president speaks from his Brazilian Embassy refuge. By Jeremy Kryt
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS—In late September, ousted President Manuel “Mel” Zelaya slipped back into Honduras and took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy with about sixty supporters… more
Miners, environmentalists clash over coal.
By Melinda Tuhus
CHARLESTON, W. VA.—Tensions in southern West Virginia’s coal country are higher than they’ve been in most residents’ lifetimes, as opposition to mountaintop removal coal… more
A new liberal Washington lobby comes of age at its first annual conference. By Ralph Seliger
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The 18-month old liberal “pro-Israel, pro-peace” Washington lobby, J Street, went into its first annual conference with huge momentum and a major news… more
A bold proposal for meeting human needs through a permanent U.S. employment program. By Bill Barclay
This article was written by Ron Baiman, Bill Barclay, Sidney Hollander, Joe Persky, Elce Redmond, Mel Rothenberg.
For the last three decades, U.S. public… more
In her new book, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of contemporary optimism.
By Anis Shivani
In her new book Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Metropolitan/Holt, October 2009), Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of… more
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