Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1044
July 25, 2015
Why is there so much toxic jingoism behind American spaceflight?
Manifest destiny does not apply to the cosmos
Heartbreaking images from Sandra Bland’s funeral
Her family arrived at an Illinois church this morning to lay the 28-year-old to rest
Pseudo-science and Bible-thumping, the worst of both worlds: The problem with rehab, AA and calling addiction a disease
Marc Lewis tells Salon that addiction is about habit — and calling it a disease hinders addicts from recovery
Iran’s supreme leader gets right-wing media buzzing with the kind of Twitter meme you’d expect from U.S. right-wing media
It appears to be an image of the president with a gun to his head
Robert Reich: Progressives can’t afford “to split into a ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and an ‘economic justice’ movement”
Progressives must stay united, according to the former secretary of labor
Bill Clinton’s gutsy apologies: Now he owes one to Ricky Ray Rector
To look tough on crime, Clinton oversaw execution of a man so mentally ill he asked to save his last meal for later
Sandra Bland’s American tragedy: How a country’s vicious history lives on in an all-too-modern outrage
Sandra Bland's story is about race and migration, the ghosts that still haunt us and the violence that won't end
Will any major Democrats stand up against the GOP’s rampant Islamophobia?
The GOP is using code words and collaborating with some of the biggest fearmongers and not paying a price
It’s not who he is, it’s who he hates: The secret to Donald Trump’s toxic appeal
The media's attempts to take Trump down are doomed. The more they hate him, the stronger he gets
Texas trooper had no right to ask Sandra Bland to put out her cigarette
There was nothing "lawful" about Trooper Encinia's order
