THE GOOD NEWS: An old art form gets a new life that reflects the diversity of America today. While an elderly man rests his ailing body in bed, his son sits on a stool beside him holding a guitar in his hands. He begins to play. Above the plucked notes, the son’s voice rises, singing…
Nicaragua facing the horror of unbridled repression
Protests against state sponsored violence in Nicaragua. Source: Wikimedia Commons. All Rights Reserved. The repression of Daniel Ortega’s government against students and the unarmed civilian population that keep on protesting in the streets has left so far more than 300 dead, and the number of wounded and missing is rising daily. The trend has not…
Seattle Mariners Catcher Details Eating Disorder In Powerful Short Documentary
Catcher Mike Marjama has been preparing for the 2018 Seattle Mariners home opener, but he also has been sharing his private struggle with an eating disorder in a new short documentary film that debuts on LeBron James’ and Maverick Carter’s “Uninterrupted.” In “Marj,” the 28-year-old Roseville, California, native walks through his journey and obsession with making it…
Mexico: great expectations
Image: Nueva Sociedad. All Rights Reserved. Five months after his overwhelming victory at the presidential elections, the "fourth transformation" announced by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is underway now that the leader from Tabasco has received the presidential sash in a ceremony carefully designed to reflect that historical moment. He presented a discourse full of…
Can A Simple Pen Help Doctors Diagnose Cancer?
Click:Journal DIY Set When cancer patients enter surgery, doctors often do not have a complete picture of where and how far tumors have spread. As a result, cancerous cells can be left behind despite surgeons’ best efforts to remove as much as they can. This leads to more surgeries, longer recovery times, and ultimately higher…
Pro-Europe and anti-EU? Reviewing the far right’s view of Europe
President of Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, and her Head of European Elections campaign Jordan Bardella, Nanterre, France, January 17, 2019. Liewig Christian/ Press Association. All rights reserved. The 2019 European elections are set to see an unprecedented number of far-right parties enter the European Parliament. These parties are for the most part rabidly anti-EU,…
A Florida Billboard Calls The NRA A ‘Terrorist Organization’
THE GOOD NEWS: A political action committee ran by a former Bill Clinton staffer is taking the NRA to task with an aggressive billboard campaign. The Mad Dog PAC has erected a billboard in Pensacola, Florida, calling the NRA a “terrorist organization.” Claude Taylor, a former staffer in the Clinton White House, heads the committee…
Dick’s Sporting Goods Pulls Assault Rifles From Shelves And Wants Them Banned Altogether
THE GOOD NEWS: One of the nation’s most prominent gun retailers is putting its money where its mouth is, and taking a real stand against gun violence. After every mass shooting since Columbine in 1999, many have looked to their elected officials to do something about the violence, and they’ve achieved virtually nothing. But after a…
Creativity must operate across borders
Screenshot: Delegate from Northumberland at Labour Party Conference. It’s great that DiEM25 and DiEMVoice, our arts platform, are here at Central Saint Martins tonight. I’ve been looking at your Creative Unions response to the triggering of Article 50. And I think this call to demonstrate that creativity must operate across borders and boundaries couldn’t be…
Former NBA All-Star Baron Davis Wants Athletes To Think ‘BIG’
Two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis prides himself on his ability to make connections. After a career as a clutch point guard for the Charlotte Hornets, the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the New York Knicks, Davis has taken his drive to a new arena, becoming a successful serial entrepreneur and…