What the life of a man murdered twenty-one years ago can teach us about the world we live in today — This is the problem with the United States: there’s no leadership. A leader would say, ‘Police brutality is an oxymoron. There are no brutal police. The minute you become brutal you’re no longer police.’ So, what, we’re not dealing with police. We’re dealing with a federally authorized gang. — KRS-One

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela There is a problem of system in this country. Regardless of what people think and how they vote — the US was created for a system that does not work for the majority…

Let’s give America a new name — I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. — Mikhail Bakunin They got us. We are all complicit in the hatred and injustice we read about because our actions obey our government’s will. You don’t have to be a hater. No one living…

How prisons antagonize progress in the United States — In the past 25 years alone thousands of people have been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to tens of thousands of years in prison. — Bernard B. Kerik, From Jailer to Jailed What is a violent crime? The definition varies by state and changes over time, but a violent crime does…

How misunderstood scripture threatens Melissa Lucio’s life: Some thoughts on why we live in a punitive rather than a forgiving society. — Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist…

Let’s consider the value of Roman blood sports in society. It’s time to put criminals to use for our entertainment. — To philosophize with open eyes is to philosophize in the dark. Only the blind can look straight at the sun. — Louis Althusser Roman bloodsports are legal. Experts of morality, judgment, and goodness got together and lobbied to revive Roman blood for the United States. Go to a sporting arena…

Let’s consider the value of Roman blood sports in society. It’s time to put criminals to use for our entertainment. — To philosophize with open eyes is to philosophize in the dark. Only the blind can look straight at the sun. — Louis Althusser Roman bloodsports are legal. Experts of morality, judgment, and goodness got together and lobbied to revive Roman blood for the United States. Go to a sporting arena…

A case for ending the holiday that commemorates the genocide of 95 million people — This story doesn’t have quite the same fuzzy feelings associated with it as the one where the Indians and Pilgrims are all sitting down together at the big feast. But we need to learn our true history so it won’t ever be repeated. — Susan Bates Two events occurred in…

How women and the poor are targets of governmental control — “I never knew what they’d done to me.” — Carrie Buck We want control of our bodies Forced sterilization is an act of genocide. The United States has a history of forcing, coercing, and surreptitiously sterilizing women to reduce the birth rates of certain peoples. It’s not enough to want genocide to not happen again. It’s…