How One Piece Of Furniture Is Fighting Off Depression
When it comes to improving your mental health, it seems there’s no limit to the number of suggestions the internet has to offer. From gratitude journals and breathing exercises to…
GOODFest: Preservation Hall Jazz Band Explains Why New Orleans Is The Most Important City In America
Editor’s note: As part of our ongoing editorial coverage of GOODFest, we’ll be chatting with an artist from each of our five shows about the intersections of music and activism…
US airstrikes weaken ISIL but keep it as a viable threat
Indian Shiite Muslims protest against conflict in Iraq, June 2014. Demotix/Rajat Gupta. All rights reserved.Iraq more than three years after the US withdrawal and more than one year since ISIL…
Turkey’s bombing campaign against the Kurds will affect domestic parliamentary politics
Syrian Kurdish refugees protest against ISIS in Suruc, November 2014. Demotix/Emre Caylak. All rights reserved. Last week a devastating blast tore apart a group of young Kurdish Turks who had…
Watch Rick Perry’s Confirmation Hearing Live
On Thursday, former Texas Governor Rick Perry will face the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for his confirmation hearing. The committee is not expected to go easy on…
A moron speaks…
Support for Trident is dwindling. Flickr/The Weekly Bull. Some rights reserved.In an intemperate outburst – some might call it an emotional spasm – John McTernan, ex-adviser to Tony Blair, told Newsnight viewers…
Chris Evans Acts The Part Of Captain America, Gets Political On Twitter
Not one to stand on the sidelines, preserving his mass appeal, Chris Evans, best known as Marvel’s Captain America, is using Twitter to decry President Trump’s policy of “extreme vetting”…
After tyranny, how can we rebuild trust?
Police outside Ferguson Police Department, November 2014. Demotix/Bryan Sutter. All rights reserved.The massive popular protests that followed the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have brought attention to questions…
‘Thank You Trump’ Twitter Campaign Backfires Spectacularly
Twitter has not been friendly to President Trump. The irony isn’t lost on people, since tweets are Trump’s favorite way of communicating his thoughts on everything from celebrities to foreign policy.…
WikiLeaks Declares War On Trump
It’s been suggested by one longtime critic of President Trump that he literally has no “real” friends at all in his life. At best, Trump deals in mutually beneficial alliances.…