'Morning Mood' in a Copenhagen Subway

An orchestral flash mob tranforms the morning commute into an much more tranquil and uplifting experience with this performance of Edvard Grieg's Morning Mood.

How Wolves Became Dogs

A quick description of the likely path that over time changed the wolf -- an excellent hunter -- to the modern dog.

America's Koch Problem

In this new video from MoveOn.org Political Action, Robert Reich unpacks the Koch brothers' influence network, and how the Koch brothers are trying to use their wealth to impose their self-interested agenda on the rest of us.

Graphs Show How Obama's Been Abusing His Power (Or Not)

History News Network Staff / Andy Borowitz The New Yorker
“The United States Constitution guarantees the American people that its government will be free from activity. Again and again, President Obama has broken that sacred trust.”

The U.S.-Mexico Border - A Constitution-Free Zone

David Bacon ACLU STAND Magazine
Under the Fourth Amendment, the people of the United States are not supposed to be subject to random and arbitrary stops and searches. But within 100 miles of a U.S. border, these rules don't apply.

Getting to the Bottom of Fecal Transplants

Ricki Lewis Public Library of Science
The bottom line is fecal transplants work, and not by just supplying a missing bug but a missing function being carried out by multiple organisms in the transplanted feces

No Renewed Iraq War

United Electrical Workers-General Officers UE
In 2002 the members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, UE, approved a convention resolution opposing George Bush's plans to invade Iraq. Twelve years later the Officers of UE re-affirm their opposition to Obama renewing the war in Iraq.

Whither the Socialist Left? Round 2

Mark Solomon Portside
Last year Portside published Whither the Socialist Left? Thinking the "Unthinkable", which created a lot of controversy, discussion and debate. Now, the author has written an update "Whither the Socialist Left? Round 2." Today he finds the broad progressive community remains largely fragmented, lacking a coherent overarching vision that would not only react to recurring crises, but offer ideas and values to guide and illuminate the road to more transforming change.