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Michael Franti - Same As It Ever Was

January 2, 2015

Michael Franti says, "When we all see justice, then we'll all see peace. Start today."

Neil deGrasse Tyson on 'Interstellar'

January 2, 2015

How realistic is the space epic flick Interstellar? Neil deGrasse Tyson talks to (cognitive dissonance alert!) Fox News about the realism (and the "stretchers") of "Interstellar."

Top 10 Surprising People Who Advocated Socialism

January 2, 2015

Ten world-famous contributors to the betterment of humankind who advocated socialism: Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, George Orwell, Pablo Picasso. Who are the other six?

Movie: The Imitation Game

January 2, 2015

The story of Alan Turing, British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the effort to crack the German Enigma Code, helping the Allies win WWII. After the war Turing was prosecuted by the UK government for homosexual acts.

What's Really Weird About Placebos

January 2, 2015

Dr. Ben Goldacre doing standup at Nerdstock. In this bit, Goldacre explains that not only do placebos have real effects, they even have real side effects.

January 2, 2015

Why I Am Optimistic About the Future of Race Relations in America

Jamelle Bouie Slate

Even amid the racial turmoil of 2014, we are making progress.

January 2, 2015

Why 2014 Will Be Remembered as the Year the Sports World Turned Upside Down

Dave Zirin The Nation

The game has changed, and the bosses are operating on outdated software. They are losing in a contest where they barely seem to grasp the rules. Meanwhile players, fans and political activists have been able to take the carefully scripted narrative of corporate sports and engineer a series of dramatic rewrites.

January 2, 2015

Joseph Stiglitz: Economics Has to Come to Terms With Wealth and Income Inequality

Lynn Parramore Institute for New Economic Thinking

Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz talks about what forces are driving economic inequality and a policy framework for reversing the trend.

January 2, 2015

Media Response: Forecasting Diseases Using Wikipedia

Bethany Coates Public Library of Science

Analyzing page views of Wikipedia articles could make it possible to monitor and forecast diseases around the globe.

January 2, 2015

The Demise of Acute Health Care in Quincy, Massachusetts

Sandy Eaton Sea Change Bulletin

The Demise of Acute Health Care in Quincy, Massachusetts - Implications for Surviving Community Hospitals. On Friday evening December 19th at midnight, Quincy Medical Center ceased admitting patients. The last in-patient was discharged on December 23th.