- Plessy and Ferguson: Descendants of a Divisive Supreme Court Decision Unite | The Root
- The organization seeks to highlight the historic moments in New Orleans’ struggle for racial equality and hopes to remind the public of the story behind the famous case. It was, Plessy and Ferguson said, a forerunner of the legal strategies and civil disobedience that took root in the civil rights struggles of the 20th century.
- Critics Accuse Sesame Street of ‘Anti-Conservative Bias’ – COLORLINES
- In this latest and laughable chapter of America’s culture wars, panelists on conservative Sean Hannity’s Fox News talk show argued that the beloved kids show actually dumbs down black and Latino youth and promotes so-called “anti-conservative discrimination” because it encourages parents to use gender neutral pronouns.
- Prince’s Musical Style: Images of His Creative Evolution | The Root
- In honor of His Purple Highness’s 53rd birthday on June 7, we look at the creative journey of a musical icon, from his controversial early years to the present day.
- Pawlenty Proposes ‘Better Deal’ — And ‘Google Test’ To Eliminate Programs (Updated) | TPMDC
- Pawlenty’s proposals would involve drastic slashing of tax rates: The corporate tax rate would be reduced from 35% to 15%, and the income tax would now take up only two brackets of 10% and 25%.
Pawlenty would in turn drastically cut spending, including some possible cuts or privatizations/eliminations of services that people have taken for granted. “Now there’s some obvious targets. We can start by what I call ‘The Google Test.’ If you can find a service or a good available on Google, or the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn’t need to be providing that good or service,” said Pawlenty.
- Vasubandhu | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy • by Jonathan C. Gold
- The Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu (4th century C.E.) was a great light at the peak of India’s resplendent Gupta empire. His works display his mastery of Buddhist as well as non-Buddhist thought of the day, and he made his mark, successively, upon three Buddhist scholastic traditions that are traditionally considered distinct: … Venerated as he is across the Buddhist world, he has always been a subject of disputation. This article will sketch his contested biography and works, and provide summary analyses of his most prominent arguments.
- Yemen: WTF? | Jack
- …we must rejoice in the removal of a dictator clearly hated by his own people. It was moving to read Yemenis on Twitter expressing their joy that he had left office. … Yet this is only the latest chapter in a complex saga. Yemen presents a real and complex problem for the global community. …
It’s ironic that Saudi Arabia, a repressive regime, has been active in negotiating change in Yemen. Hopefully they know that their time too will come soon.
- In defense of Canada | The Incidental Economist
- [Dispelling myths about their single-payer system.]
- Everything Is Political – NYTimes.com – Paul Krugman
- I think the rejection of a Nobel laureate for a seat at the Fed is tied, in a fundamental way, to the willingness of economists with decent professional reputations to sign on to the increasingly crazy proclamations issued by Republican politicians.
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