Politics and its Discontents

I am well past the age when I feel any real hope for the future of our species. Far too many of us are content to define our lives by the ...

This is a device critical thinkers probably don't need, but many others could benefit from. Simply click on the link within the box belo...

Here is the note written by Leigha Cohen as an introduction to the following video on You Tube featuring Chris Hedges: On August 9th, 201...

Although his is a painful story , I think we owe Tomas Young the respect he deserves by reading it. And while we read it, we might want to...

About a year ago I wrote a post on Tim DeChristopher, a brave young activist who was sentenced to two years in prison for disrupting an oil...

Probably two of the most important voices challenging the status quo today are rarely if ever granted access to mainstream media anymore. B...

That is the title of Chris Hedges' latest column at truthdig.org, written after his arrest for sitting on the sidewalk in front of Gold...

For those who have not yet read Chris Hedges' Death of the Liberal Class , his latest essay on truthdig, entitled A Movement Too Big to ...

'Stirring' and 'inspiring' are the most apt adjectives to describe Chris Hedges' latest piece on the occupation of Wall ...

I recently wrote a couple of blog posts on Warren Buffett and the need for higher taxation of the very wealthy, an idea that is gaining cur...