Lily Salter's Blog, page 1042
July 26, 2015
The American empire is fading out: #BlackLivesMatter, Bernie Sanders & the secrets to a better tomorrow
Salon talks to philosopher Michael Hardt about how new forms of social movements can make a difference
“Now that’s a Jewish face!”: They all agreed cheerfully that should the Nazis come, my sister was doomed
On this Shabbos, my mother looked at us one by one: Beautiful, yes, but would we survive the next Holocaust?
“Dick Cheney watches television”: The four previously unseen 9/11 photos that will make you hate the evil VP all over again
Feet up and watching TV. Maybe plotting the wars that would become our worst foreign policy blunders ever
A win for activists in University of California’s anti-Semitism debate
Adopting the State Department's definition of anti-Semitism has been tabled in favor of discussion of "tolerance"
With the 2016 Summer Olympics just a year away, what Brazil can learn from World Cup 2014
No one thought the path to the World Cup in Rio would be smooth, but it was more harrowing than anyone anticipated
July 25, 2015
America is the world leader in treating working mothers like absolute garbage
America is exceptional all right, exceptionally bad for working moms.
My mother is dying as I write this
I'm scared to leave her bedside even to shower. Is there something I should have said? Something I could do now?
Sex? No, thanks: Rather than obsession, what millions of Americans feel about sex is indifference
A silent majority of us are sex-obsessed only once in a while, or not at all, or used to be but aren’t anymore
My terrifying Kilimanjaro climb: How I expanded my limits, but almost lost my mind
I knew I was susceptible to altitude sickness. So what made me try to ascend this 20,000-foot summit?
Factory farming is killing the planet: Why the meat industry’s future needs to look more like its past
Sonia Faruqi visited 60 farms in eight countries. Here's what she learned
