Chechnya bans dance music that is either too fast or too slow
The Russian republic of Chechnya has banned dance music it deems either too fast or too slow, in an attempt to quash a “polluting” western influence on the conservative majority-Muslim…
There’s no such thing as ‘parents’ rights’
The basic problem with the conservative discourse around “parents’ rights” is that it frames children as chattel—that is, as parents’ property. But—and I can’t believe I even have to say…
Andrew Fisher: The UK exposes its ‘double standards’ in carrying out strikes against Yemen’s Houthis
‘We don’t care about international law, human rights. We have this rhetoric that we do. But we don’t.” In an interview with Sky News on Thursday, British columnist and political…
whats going on in Congo, and how you can help!
the mining conditions in Congo
U.S. has billions of dollars to wage war, but not for anything else
Colombia's President Petro at the UN General Assembly
Soft Focus With Jena Friedman: Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills
This is a segment from Soft Focus with Jena Friedman that never aired
Tales of passion
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.
What kind of rights should it have?
This two pieces of media go well together. BBC Discovery “Can Robots Truly Be Intelligent?” and Why do we give robots female names? Because we don’t want to consider their…