Way Worse Than a Dumb War: Iraq Ten Years Later

Peace Movement Leaders and Activists The Nation
A crucial lesson as we stand up to the escalation of Obama’s drone war and continue to challenge those who call for war against Iran.

Honoring Rachel Corrie, 10 Years On

Andy Beale aljazeera
US peace activist was killed by Israeli bulldozer in Gaza as she tried to block the demolition of a Palestinian home.

United Auto Workers, Volkswagen union talks prompt questions

Chloé Morrison Nooga.com
How would a German-style labor organization work in the United States? For more than a year, leaders with the United Auto Workers Union have been eyeing Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant, and reports this week that the organization has talked with Volkswagen AG executives about a German-style labor board at the local plant have raised a number of questions.

Tina Fey Is Sarah Palin! Again!

Wow, it’s like being back in 2008 again. Or at least back in 2012, watching that scene from Game Change when Julianne Moore does an impression of Sarah Palin watching Tina Fey also do an impression of Sarah Palin. (The Observer.)

 

Gun Shop

This satirical song by Maine artist Alan Magee comments on the escalation of mass gun violence in the United States. Its message is that the proliferation of guns will only increase the number of shooting victims. [Thanks to Natasha Mayers for submitting this -- video moderator.]

 

Letter to Justice Roberts on Marriage Equality

As the Supreme Court prepares to address marriage equality, one 12-year-old asked the chief judge to consider his own family when making the final decision. Daniel Martinez-Leffew, the adopted son of two gay dads, wrote to a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts–himself the father of two adopted kids — urging him to embrace marriage equality by striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8.