If you’re terrified by the fact that a madman or mistake could end in nuclear holocaust, you’re not alone.
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Why Martin Luther King Didn’t Run for President | Rolling Stone
King’s vision of nonviolent protest in Washington — massive and confrontational — may yet be necessary to save American democracy.
Read More »Martin Luther King Jr. on America’s ‘obnoxious peace’ | Fellowship of Reconciliation
Without that difficult work true healing and real peace can never occur. Dr. King — and all of us — deserve at least that much.
Read More »You can’t fight fascism by expanding the police state | Fast Company
Expanding the U.S. government’s already bloated surveillance state will only bring more terror and harm to the same communities that Trump targeted with his racist policies and rhetoric
Read More »The American Abyss | Timothy Snyder, via The New York Times
Democracy is not about minimizing the vote nor ignoring it ... but of accepting the equality of others, heeding their voices and counting their votes.
Read More »Judge rejects Panama Papers law firm’s libel case against Netflix over ‘The Laundromat’ | ICIJ
The First Amendment ruling is Mossack Fonseca’s latest legal stumble against the streaming giant. By Will Fitzgibbon
Read More »America’s War on Syrian Civilians | The New Yorker
.... It’s time to look honestly at the devastation that accompanies “targeted” air strikes.
Read More »Drone Murder Has Been Normalized | Let’s Try Democracy
Obama moved Bush’s wars from land to air. Trump continued that trend. Biden seems inclined to advance the same trend even further. But a few things might build public opposition.
Read More »Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus | ProPublica
In the early hours of Feb. 7, China’s powerful internet censors experienced an unfamiliar and deeply unsettling sensation. They felt they were losing control.
Read More »My Preferred Conspiracy Theory | Dr. Zaher Sahloul
The human brain is a mystery. It is paranoid. It tends to believe lies, threats and things that are perceived as dangerous.
Read More »Spy companies using Channel Islands to track phones around the world | TBIJ
Industry insiders said that despite revelations of how network vulnerabilities could be used for surveillance, the situation now is, if anything, worse than before.
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