Charity and activism
Anything to do with Charity and activism
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
6 months ago
Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberalism
Jeet Heer From his New Left days to his neoliberalism and embrace of interventionism, The Controversialist is a portrait of his own political trajectory and that of American liberalism too. The post Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberali…
29 minutes read
Torey
@Torey -
about 3 years ago
Greta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing els...
The world’s most famous teen activist opens up about how she’s been transformed since she started her school climate strike in 2018 Continue reading...
25 minutes read
Jarod
@Jarod -
over 4 years ago
All That Moby Needs Is To Be Good
All That Moby Needs Is To Be GoodEnlarge this image Jonathan Nesvadba/Courtesy of the artist Jonathan Nesvadba/Courtesy of the artistHere is the story of how Moby got his second neck tattoo: In early September of 2019, on the eve of his 54th birthday, the electronic music...continued
30 minutes read
Jaydon
@Jaydon -
almost 3 years ago
George Orwell Outside the Whale
I’ll start with a place, a Paris apartment in Montparnasse, and a date, 23 December 1936, and a gift from one writer to another of his corduroy jacket which, from the point of view of the recipient, m
30 minutes read
Cyril
@Cyril -
about 1 year ago
The U.S.'s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach
28 minutes read
Josiah
@Josiah -
over 2 years ago
Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is?
She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since
30 minutes read
Jessika
@Jessika -
over 2 years ago
Your life is under threat. You might have to run any second. What do you take?
From those at risk of wildfires to activists facing death threats – thousands of people around the world keep a bag ready to flee. What do they pack?For some, it’s the sound of a knock at the door, or the thud of an explosion, shattering windows and splitting…
29 minutes read
Anderson
@Anderson -
4 months ago
How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program
Mara Kardas-Nelson Microfinance has been touted as a miracle cure for poverty in the global south. The reality has been a lot messier. The post How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program appeared first on The Nation.
27 minutes read
Devin
@Devin -
almost 5 years ago
BRICKS magazine's climate issue champions a generation fighting crisis
“You have to remember that you’re not just fighting for you,” says 16-year-old climate activist Martha Gazzard, “you’re fighting for those who can’t.” Now in its seventh year, the university-project-turned-transformative-publication BRICKS magazine is turning to the futur...continued
27 minutes read
Jessika
@Jessika -
over 5 years ago
#TOGETHERBAND - A creative Plan for Action on 'The Global Goals'
A Creative Action Plan to Inspire The World for ChangeHarnessing the power of creativity to generate mass engagement with the Global Goals while making a meaningful difference to the lives of real people. This is what the #TOGETHERBAND campaign is all about. I’ve learned ...continued
14 minutes read
Maida
@Maida -
over 5 years ago
#TOGETHERBAND - A Creative Action Plan to Inspire The World for Change
A Creative Action Plan to Inspire The World for ChangeHarnessing the power of creativity to generate mass engagement with the Global Goals while making a meaningful difference to the lives of real people. This is what the #TOGETHERBAND campaign is all about. I’ve learned ...continued
14 minutes read
Rose
@Rose -
3 days ago
Björk to Debut AI Sound Installation at Centre Pompidou
Björk and French artist Aleph are set to debut an AI sound installation at Centre Pompidou. As a part in “Biodiversity: What Culture for What Future?”, a four-day forum at the Parisian institution, Nature Manifesto brings attention to the planet’s mounting cl…
2 minutes read
Arvid
@Arvid -
over 5 years ago
What Happened to Rider Strong?
Where Is 'Boy Meets World's Rider Strong Now?What Ever Happened to...? is a biweekly investigation into the whereabouts of former icons. This installment dives deep into the life of Rider Strong, and what he's been up to since his center-parted idol days.Rider Strong shou...continued
18 minutes read
Zackery
@Zackery -
almost 3 years ago
The Big Business of Chinese Genocide Denial...
A network of charities funnel millions into left-wing platforms that take Beijing’s side on the genocide allegations.
24 minutes read
Moises
@Moises -
3 months ago
If the left is serious about saving democracy, there’s one more cause to add to the list
In a partisan 6-3 ruling issued this summer, the Supreme Court seized the opportunity to gut a cornerstone of federal regulation: Chevron deference, a legal doctrine that for the last 40 years has given government agencies the latitude to implement laws set b…
23 minutes read
Elliott
@Elliott -
over 3 years ago
Dolce & Gabbana Wants to Move Forward. But in Fashion, Who Earns Forgiveness?
Not since John Galliano's caught-on-tape antisemitic rant went viral in 2011 had fashion seen such an incredible implosion on the part of a designer. In 2018, ahead of a blowout fashion show intended to woo its Chinese clientele, Dolce & Gabbana released a se…
25 minutes read
Dayton
@Dayton -
4 months ago
Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Chan...
by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A network of ultrawealthy Christian dono…
20 minutes read
Devin
@Devin -
over 2 years ago
Want to Do More Good? This Movement Might Have the Answer
In an interview, Oxford philosopher William MacAskill explains what effective altruism and longtermism get right about doing more good with your life.
25 minutes read
Elliott
@Elliott -
almost 4 years ago
Sports Year 2020 In Photographs
The year 2020, one of the most surreal years in the history of sports and in general, created truly unique and unforgettable moments.
24 minutes read
Hulda
@Hulda -
about 5 years ago
Why Do Micromobility Advocates Have Tiny-Demand Syndrome?
Why Asking for Bike Lanes Isn't SmartThere’s a quote that’s stuck with me for some time from Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom: "You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so f***ing smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?" American urbanis...continued
13 minutes read
Rex
@Rex -
over 3 years ago
The second wave of “cancel culture”
Conservatives are weaponizing “cancel culture” against progressives. Progressives are using it to eviscerate each other.
23 minutes read
Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
over 4 years ago
Coming Together, Staying Apart: What Taking Care and Taking Action Look Like on HIV/AIDS and COVI...
According to the World Health Organization, there are currently two active pandemics: one is HIV and the other is COVID-19. Despite recently drawn comparisons from inside and outside of the queer community, the two pandemics are quite far apart. As anxiety-inducing and un...continued
23 minutes read
Hannah
@Hannah -
over 5 years ago
Working for Peace in a Violent World
Working for Peace in a Violent World by Matthew Legge — YES! MagazineJoseph Campbell studied spiritual traditions from around the world and found that the violence inherent in life is one of the uncomfortable truths they all grapple with. Life eats life. Our world is perp...continued
13 minutes read
Grayce
@Grayce -
6 months ago
Ladders last a long time: Reading Raphael Samuel
Raphael Samuel set out his stall as a practitioner of ‘people’s history’. This was a capacious category: it...
23 minutes read
Oren
@Oren -
4 months ago
The Criminalization of Solidarity: The Stop Cop City Prosecutions
Georgia’s sweeping and political application of conspiracy law echoes a tactic that shattered the left roughly a hundred years ago, when the U.S. government targeted socialist parties and militant unions with laws against criminal syndicalism, espionage, and …
22 minutes read