Evangelical leaders only seized on abortion as its cudgel for winning elections after religious-right leaders realized it could serve a higher purpose: keeping segregation alive.  Read it on Talking Points Memo

More than 30 community leaders, residents and officials met with the AG’s office. Many of them told AG’s representatives police treat Syracuse like a “combat zone.” They said officers assume the worst when interacting with Black residents and the department frequently ignores the Citizen Review Board… Read it on Central…

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Are the estimates for attendance, expenses and revenue realistic for this market? Is the county executive comparing the Syracuse market to other aquariums in the right places? And if this is such a good idea, why has it been rejected twice before by private developers? Read it on Syracuse.com Sign…

“The police failed at protecting the schoolchildren, yes, but we should not be under the illusion that this is an example of the cops failing at their jobs. As far we can tell from reports, police at the scene acted as they usually do, in accordance with standard policing practice:…

“In other Upstate cities, county mental health departments provide psychiatric, psychological and social work services for the most needy populations…”  Read on Syracuse.com

Let’s keep in mind that we should assume that all authority is illegitimate, unless it can justify itself. Indeed, the burden of proof is on advocates of authority, not on those question it, as Chomsky often points out whenever he discusses the topic of authority. In this interview, Chomsky shares…

That’s according to a new report called Profiting from Pain, released by UK-based nonprofit Oxfam on May 23. To overcome the wealth disparity, Oxfam recommends a permanent wealth tax. Read the Article Profiting from Pain Report

Structural racism killed Black people in East Buffalo, and then a gunman killed the survivors. Read on The Atlantic