Free From Jail, Imprisoned by Debt

Libero Della Piana OtherWords
People in at least 30 states are barred from voting because they're unable to pay their court fines.

Author Michael Chabon: On His Recent Visit to the Occupied West Bank

Naomi Zeveloff Jewish Daily Forward
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Michael Chabon speaks with The Forward’s Naomi Zeveloff at the end of his weeklong tour of the Israeli Occupied West Bank earlier this month. Chabon was a member of a literary tour organized by the Israeli group, Breaking the Silence, which collects and distributes testimonies of Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories. He termed the occupation “the most grievous injustice I have ever seen in my life.”

TTIP: Chevron Wants Investor “Right” to Challenge Government Laws

Arthur Neslen The Guardian
As negotiators begin the 13th round of talks to close the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’s (TTIP) deal, new revelations surfaced regarding Chevron Oil’s attempts to incorporate Investor State Dispute Settlement Courts into the TTIP. These panels threaten national sovereignty because they can rule against a country’s social or environmental laws, if they are deemed to have reduced profits below those projected at the time of the investment.

Chilled

Phyllis Wax Portside
Milwaukee poet Phyllis Wax throws a cold eye on this year's election: her conclusion is chilling.

Samantha Bee | Twenty-Dollar Tubman

You'd think updating currency to replace mega-haired genocide practitioner Andrew Jackson with slave liberator Harriet Tubman would be uncontroversial.

How Did Life Begin on Earth?

A mind-bending, fantastic question: how did life on earth begin? This is a subject not only for speculation, but also for scientific investigation. We explore the leading theories for the origin of life on our planet.

Bernie Sanders Rally in Oregon

Full Speech: Bernie Sanders Rally 'A Future to Believe In' in Springfield, OR, April 28. Bernie challenges the Democratic party to find its soul.