From CommonDreamsPublished on Saturday, December 05, 2020 by Common DreamsThe Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials worked for the big majority of Americans instead of for Big Business interests.byRalph Nader 0 CommentsCongress has the power to … [Read more...] about The Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress
Social Justice/社会正義
The US’s Neglect of the Elderly Has Turned Murderous
From JacobinYoung people are becoming infected with the coronavirus at an alarming rate, but the disease it causes … [Read more...] about The US’s Neglect of the Elderly Has Turned Murderous
What Liberalism Gets Right — And Wrong
From JacobinCan Liberalism and Socialism be Reconciled? From the outset of “Socialism and Liberalism,” Howe acknowledges a problem: liberalism is a notoriously slippery concept. After running through several definitions — a “current of opinion” in bourgeois society, a “system of ideas” stressing … [Read more...] about What Liberalism Gets Right — And Wrong
Sofia Coppola Wants You to Feel Bad for the Very Rich and the Very Sad
From JacobinI should probably recuse myself from reviewing Sofia Coppola films. Years ago, I worked as a receptionist for six months at her father Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. There, I occasionally watched the teenage Ms Coppola and her twenty-something … [Read more...] about Sofia Coppola Wants You to Feel Bad for the Very Rich and the Very Sad
Pentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue
From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, December 04, 2020byCommon DreamsPentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue "This action is not a change in U.S. policy," said the Defense Department, which has been conducting an air and ground war in the East African nation since 2007. byBrett Wilkins, staff writer 0 … [Read more...] about Pentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue