“The Vandal” by Arthur Heinemann
Margaret Wister paused, as always, before descending the sun-bleached wooden stairway to the beach, not to get her breath but to look about her. Her terry robe was as old…
Here’s a military trick that can help you fall asleep in 2 minutes.
For those in the military, sleep can mean the difference between life and death. But shut-eye can be very hard to come by, especially during active conflict. According to Sharon…
Daniel Ortega, a tyrant hanging on by a thread
The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, in the middle, embraces the Venezuelan leader Diosdado Cabello under the watchful eye of the First Lady Rosario Murillo during a celebration of the…
Bigot at supermarket says gay people end up in hell, gets savagely owned by a 7-year-old.
Sometimes the only way to be sure you’ve taught your kids right is when some idiot stranger tries to teach them differently. Take for example, the story of this dad…
King of Chains
The showy, greased handlebar mustache and flashy biceps were unusual on a milkman, but otherwise everything looked kosher: the creaky black wagon with the word Cream painted in white script…
Here’s how to watch the amazing meteor shower that starts tonight and ends tomorrow morning.
Stargazers are in for a treat Thursday night into Friday morning. The Geminid meteor shower will present a beautiful show of green fireballs hurtling through the cosmos, leaving behind beautiful streaks…
We, the industrialized ones, and the International Rights of Nature
Patricia Gualinga (left), from the Sarayaku community, during the international symposium “Rights of Nature: 10 years after its recognition in the Constitution of Ecuador”, Quito, September 2018. Image: Hugo Pavon/Universidad…
This NYPD officer is going viral after refusing to use lethal force as he fights off attackers.
These days, when videos of police go viral it’s usually because they’re using excessive force. So it’s refreshing to see that people cheering an NYPD after he was caught on…
“The Toad” by Henry Milner Rideout
The Maine-native and Harvard-educated Henry Milner Rideout wrote fiction for The Saturday Evening Post in the early 20th century. His elegant, detailed prose depicts the wilderness of his home state…
Problems for the Frente Amplio in Uruguay
Frente Amplio supporters. Source: Nueva Sociedad. All Rights Reserved. This article is being published as part of the partnership between Nueva Sociedad and democraciaAbierta. You can read the original here.The spirit…
Anti-progressivism: a ghost that haunts Latin America
Image: Nueva Sociedad. All Rights Reserved.As a foreign correspondent put it, on October 7th, the first round of elections in Brazil were won by an authoritarian, racist, machista, homophobic politician:…
The Red Leather Chair
It was a bit old-fashioned for a desk chair. It was a long way from new, sitting off to the side in the vendor’s stall, a price tag dangling from…