Category: Cheers

Debra Sweet | July 5, 2016 On Monday with a 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt SCOTUS overturned HB2; a Texas law requiring abortion clinics to have surgical facilities and…

Debra Sweet | July 5, 2016 Sunday night Jesse Williams (Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey’s Anatomy) delivered a powerful acceptance speech to the BET’s Humanitarian Award. Over the past couple years Williams…

Debra Sweet | May 19, 2016 Reality according to the “The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum”: Reality added, thanks to the Bush Library Augmented Reality Project: The George W. Bush…

Debra Sweet | June 11, 2015 Matthew Bellamy, lead singer for Muse, described the album to the BBC as “a modern metaphor for what it is to lose empathy … through modern…

February 17, 2014 The Houston Chronicle covered the Houston Free Thinkers’ action: About ten people from the activist group Houston Free Thinkers gathered at the corner, holding signs that read “torture is…

Stop Patriarchy | January 28, 2015 Stop Patriarchy Street Actions Unleash Pent Up Anger Against War on WomenIn the span of a few days, Stop Patriarchy took to the streets in Washington,…

Revolution Newspaper | November 3, 2014 Editor’s Note: Kaci Hickox’s case is an example of what an imperialist superpower does to true heroes (more on Ebola). Rather than spending the money to…

Debra Sweet | July 22, 2014 Courageous resistance! A nurse involved in force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners says, “I have come to the decision that I refuse to participate in this criminal act.” Reprieve…

Not a Bug Splat | April 8, 2014 In military slang, Predator drone operators often refer to kills as ‘bug splats’, since viewing the body through a grainy video image gives the sense of…

Sara Grossman | November 25, 2013 President Barack Obama was caught by surprise Monday when a former UC Berkeley student government official interrupted his speech on immigration, demanding Obama take more action…