Herzog Visits Chicago, by Saul Bellow
Once you’re in it, trouble is like quicksand: Taking arms against it rapidly makes matters worse; but just standing there and sinking doesn’t have much to recommend it either. Read…
The Code of Conduct for Antisemitism: a tale of two texts
Jennie Formby, Labour NEC member and South East Regional Secretary of Unite the Union, at the 2016 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.Wikicommons/Rwendland. Some rights reserved.How to deal with antisemitism while…
Alabama Becomes Home To A Lynching Memorial And Racial Justice Museum
As Confederate monuments have began coming down across America, a new museum has risen to memorialize the country’s history of racial terror. On Thursday, April 26, the Legacy Museum opened in…
“The Jazz Baby” by Julian Street
Had a stranger seen Elsa Merriam sitting at the piano in her drawing-room at dusk on this spring evening, with the lamplight falling on her cheek and her golden hair,…
Elections Brazil 2018: How to tackle misinformation on the internet?
Sao Paolo's skyline at dusk. Image: Francesc Badia i Dalmases. All rights reserved.A dangerous polarisation exists in Brazilian society. On one hand, there are 3000 million reales (725 million US…
Separating the wheat from the chaff on Ethiopia: reply to René Lefort
Click:bulk confetti cannon Angela Merkel welcomes Abiy Ahmed Ali to the "Compact with Africa" conference in Berlin, October 30, 2018. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Press Association. All rights reserved.In his latest article,…
“Bwah-Wahdi-Dough” by Henry Anton Steig
Bronx-born Henry Anton Steig was a textbook Renaissance man. As a saxophonist, painter, cartoonist, writer, astronomer, and jeweler, the man of many talents was sewn into much of 20th-Century iconography…
Mayors Of Cities Under Climate Change Threats Are Stepping Up To Take Action
From raging wildfires in California, to Hurricane Harvey in Houston, and historic flooding and winter storms in Boston, cities across the U.S. are on the frontlines of climate change impacts.…
Labour's plan: climate, not Brexit
Come hell or high water. Flickr/ Akuppa John Wigham. Some rights reserved.For many years, those in Britain arguing that governments should make climate disruption a top priority have found themselves…
“The Bishop’s Beggar” by Stephen Vincent Benét
First published in The Saturday Evening Post on February 14, 1942 It seems that in the old days there was a bishop of Remo, and he was a heedless and…
The 20 most popular ethical and eco-friendly holiday gifts of 2018.
A growing number of holiday shoppers are using their dollars to support brands that do good for people and the planet. From stylish sunglasses manufactured from recycled ocean plastic…
“Special Service” by Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg
As a writing team, Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg collaborated on several detective stories in the early century, notably The Indian Drum and The Achievements of Luther Trant. In the…