Click:Flexographic Printing Machine For Sale It’s been a rough week for Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. The company, long seen as the ruthless corporate foil to the more egalitarian Lyft, faced public condemnations over the weekend that may have a lasting impact on his company. As taxi drivers at New York’s JFK airport struck to protest Donald…
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A tale of two men
A view from Hoboken You are a young man in your late 20s who grew up in Hoboken, in the "garden state" of New Jersey just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Your family was blue-collar Italian and staunch Republican, and in the fall of 2001 you had graduated from high school and were planning…
GOOD Advice From Good People: Leila Janah Shares Her Empowerment Advice
As the founder and CEO of both Samasource, a nonprofit that connects very low-income people to work through the web, and LXMI, a social impact luxury brand, Leila Janah knows a thing or two about empowerment. For Janah, global poverty has only one real solution: jobs that earn people both money and dignity. Listen to more…
This Facebook Fundraiser For Aleppo Has Gone Viral But It Still Needs You
Aleppo has been weighing on the hearts of the entire world after the outpour of bone-chilling messages on social media by citizens, journalists, and activists still in the city, many claiming to be saying their goodbyes. In the wake of these desperate dispatches, a Facebook fundraiser started by Basel Termanini has asked for $1.5 million to “help the medical…
The ACLU Has Already Filed Its First Legal Action Against President Donald Trump
On Friday, January 20, the United States awoke to the inauguration of our next president, Donald J. Trump. At high noon, Trump—a man who has polarized the nation over the last 18 months—was officially sworn in. But before he placed his hand on the bible to swear to God above, before he walked out at…
Further notes on the evolution of the jihadi international movement
Tunisian police investigate Bardo museum attack. Demoted/Chedly ben Ibrahim. All rights reserved.The jihadi attack at the museum of Bardo on March 18 marks a new stage in the developing turmoil in the MENA region. In particular, concerns have been expressed on the evolving impact of Islamic State through the region up to the southern shore…
Digging deep into Turkish politics: what next for HDP?
Rosettes at HDP's massive election rally in Istanbul. Demotix/ Sahan Nuhoglu. All rights reserved.In Turkey, most elections are more than mere elections. The latest June 7 parliamentary elections were like this again. It turned out to be a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s desire to switch the country’s parliamentary system into a presidential one….
How To Watch President Obama’s Farewell Speech
Barack Obama’s term as president of the United States will come to an end next week, but before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as our next commander in chief, Obama will give one final farewell speech to the nation. On Tuesday, January 10 at 9 p.m. EST, Obama will take to the airways to say…
(Un)solving Ukraine’s conflict
By this time, it should be obvious that the west does not want a conflict in Ukraine to be resolved any time soon. If that were the case, it would apply pressure to both parties of the conflict: the government in Kiev and the separatists in Donbas. Instead, the west applies pressure to the third…
The Emotional State Of America In 15 GIFs
Many people are left dejected and scared after Tuesday’s election results, unable to make sense of the fact that a man whose campaign centered on fearmongering and singling out marginalized communities, people of color, and Muslims has been appointed the next leader of the United States of America. These illustrations accurately reflect our current emotional…