Everybody knows | Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen's lyrics are both prophetic and startlingly contemporary: Everybody knows that the war is over / Everybody knows the good guys lost / Everybody knows the fight was fixed / The poor stay poor, the rich get rich / That's how it goes / Everybody knows

¡Cuba! Exhibition Now Open

Its complex politics and vibrant music have attracted the attention of the world. But Cuba, the largest island nation in the Caribbean, is also home to the unexpected. It’s a place of stunning contrasts: mysterious caves and bright boulevards, sweltering fields and cool forests, hard challenges and high energy.

My President Was Black

Coates talks about his new cover story for The Atlantic, based on interviews with President Obama, which reconsiders Obama's legacy after the election of Donald Trump.

Scientists Prepare to Fight for Their Work During ‘the Trumpocene’

Sarah Kaplan The Washington Post
At a conference of 20,000 scientists, the echoed a worry is echoed again and again: Will Trump, who has made statements on climate change and vaccines that contradict the overwhelming scientific evidence, be not just anti-climate, but “anti-science”?

Winning a Battle, Not the War

Walter Baier Jacobin
Austria’s far right has suffered a setback, but it would be a mistake to believe the dynamic they created is broken.

Hiroshima Redux

Jeffrey Thomas Leong Spillway
Hiroshima since August 6 1945 lives as a beginning and an end an existential dilemma. California poet Jeffrey Thomas Leong brings us to question: what if/not?

Women's March On Washington - Yes, The Women's March Is Still On - And It Has A Starting Location

Women's March on Washington
We stand together in solidarity with our partners and children for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health, and our families -- recognizing that our vibrant and diverse communities are the strength of our country...Because women's rights are human rights. Join the January 21 march in Washington, or in cities across the country. (Information and links for every state below.)

Drowning the World in Oil - Trump's Carbon-Obsessed Energy Policy and the Planetary Nightmare to Come

Michael T. Klare TomDispatch
Donald Trump, at war with the American safety net, and the environment, not to mention the planet -- and that's before we even get to actual war, which will be overseen by a crew of Islamo- and Irano-phobes. If, as Klare points out today, Trump himself has a serious case of nostalgia for the America of his youth, with its untrammeled growth and its fossil-fueled wonders, don't think that nostalgia doesn't include military affairs, and future military adventures and wars.