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In Patricia Mears’ office at FIT, she’s got Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse all diagrammed out on her exhibition board.

Talking to an American educator who teaches abroad, she noted that it may take some years for curriculum changes to manifestly impact the Zeitgeist: I thought of how civics was dropped years ago from the public school curriculum and the … Continue reading →

Juan Cole at Informed Consent: “Trump created this crisis by breaching the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Having pocketed Iran’s mothballing of 80 percent of its uranium enrichment program, Trump slapped the harshest sanctions ever seen against any country on Iran, … Continue reading →

She cries foul on the gigantic, ever-increasing military budget. “These are huge checks being written to Boeing and Lockheed Martin, when we should be cutting checks to everyday people struggling to make ends meet.”

Rep. Cheney now makes an habitual, almost daily defense of totalitarianism. The Nazis’ first concentration camp was built years before the Final Solution. And AOC is correctly identifying what could be the ultimate culmination of Trump’s anti-immigrant dehumanization. She didn’t … Continue reading →

We spend ten times more subsidizing the humanity-extinguishing fossil fuel companies than we do on education. Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos finds that–well, morally repugnant. “Nothing signifies how backwards our country’s priorities are more than what we spend our money … Continue reading →

How stupid does he think America is? We know how. “Socialism” is now McConnell’s go-to, all-purpose epithet for any constructive policy he wants to pre-empt or destroy. McConnell is socialism-for-the-rich’s best friend–forever! If any Democrat–Bernie’s an independent, remember–has any sense … Continue reading →

We shall see. But certainly the new legislation coming out of Albany is a good start to arresting NYC landlord’s assault on the city, which has been ratcheting ever higher since vacancy decontrol took effect in 1993. But will there … Continue reading →

So much so that they suddenly got scared-shitless at what he was saying at George Washington University the other day and suddenly pulled the plug on their live coverage. “President Trump and his fellow oligarchs hate democratic socialism because it … Continue reading →

Once again, the “mainstream” “news” media is lapping up the meretricious provocation of US. war criminals. Facts, skepticism–that’s not what a news organization relies on–right?? Time to party like it’s 2002!!