Putting State Pension Costs in Context

Good Jobs First
Focusing on 10 states where the pension cost controversy has been intense, we compare those costs to the amount of revenue those states lose each year as the result of economic development subsidies offered to corporations as well as the tax preferences and accounting loopholes (including offshore tax havens) used by companies.

Is America Evolving on Evolution?

Sean B. Carroll Scientific American
As we celebrate Darwin’s birthday on February 12, there is some positive news about Americans’ views

Did Nonviolence Fail in Egypt?

Mark Engler and Paul Engler Waging Nonviolence
As a whole, the people of Egypt opted for unarmed mass demonstrations over joining a guerrilla struggle because they believed strategic nonviolence was the more practical and effective means of ousting the heavily militarized Mubarak regime. The past six months, which have hardly served to weaken the army’s hand, suggest that the tactical judgment of nonviolent revolutionaries carried considerable wisdom.

Carolina Slim -- Every Day I Have the Blues

Bluesman Carolina Slim (b Elijah Staley) started his journey in South Carolina and spent the last two decades as far north as 107th & Broadway in NYC. Mostly he played the subways. He moved on to his next destination last week at the age of 87. RIP.

Flashmob: Ravel's Bolero

Banda Simfònica d'Algemesí stages a flash mob performance of Ravel's Bolero in the main square of the Spanish city of Algemesí.
 

Ellen Page at Time to Thrive

On Friday, February 14, actress Ellen Page speaks to the Time to Thrive conference about the brave decision to live openly and authentically.