The Dalai Lama: John Oliver

John Oliver sits down with the Dalai Lama to discuss China, the conditions in Tibet, and horse milk.

Trump and Russia: Shortest Reset Ever

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
In Trump, the Kremlin got what it wanted — an America paralyzed by an incompetent administration at odds with more than half the country’s population.

It’s Only My Health

Olivia Alperstein OtherWords.org
I'm one of the millions who could lose access to health care if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act.

From Bad to Worse for Puerto Rico

Joseph E. Stiglitz and Martin Guzman Project Syndicate
The plan by the oversight board for Puerto Rico will depress the economy further and fuel a debt spiral, in which Puerto Ricans, US taxpayers, and in the long run, even the creditors will lose

My Mother Cleans and Starts the Gumbo

Karen Maceira Lindenwood Review
"What does it mean to have/a child in prison?" asks New Orleans poet Karen Maceira, observing how her mother answers and can't answer that question.

What Would Mark Twain Think of Donald Trump?

Jeffrey Wasserstrom The Conversation
Twain felt that no one was too grand to be satirized. “Irreverence,” he wrote, “is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.”