Published: mic (January 27, 2014)
“I think I’m a flawed candidate.”
You pretty much hit the nail on the head there, Mitt Romney.
The central narrative arc in Mitt, the new Netflix documentary chronicling Romney’s two presidential campaigns, is that of a candidate who aims for the highest office in the country only to return, heartbroken, to ordinary life.
Published: mic (January 23, 2014)
n case you missed it, Wednesday was the anniversary of a revolution.
Imagine if 30 years ago (only a few years after Al Gore invented the Internet), someone had envisioned a future in which there would be a personal computer in every home. Well, the geniuses at Apple saw it coming, and their iconic “1984” ad was a milestone event in a revolution that would fundamentally change our generation.... Read Original Article
Published: mic (January 21, 2014)
You’d think that conservatives, after being repeatedly humiliated for their insensitivity toward rape victims, would have learned to be careful when discussing the plight of the marginalized and oppressed.
For proof that this lesson has yet to take, let’s look at one of the right wing’s most obnoxious, entitled, and ill-informed rhetoric motifs: comparing liberal policies to American slavery.... Read Original Article
Published: mic (January 20, 2014)
If he was alive today, Martin Luther King, Jr. would not have been a Republican.
In light of the frequency with which he is cited as a hero and role model, that point cannot be reiterated enough. We often hear about King’s crusades to end legal segregation in the South and de facto segregation in the North, but far less attention is paid to the inextricable link between his views on civil rights and his philosophy on economic matters.... Read Original Article
Published: mic (January 17, 2014)
On Friday, family members of those incarcerated in Mississippi prisoners will gather in the state capital in support of their imprisoned loved ones. For the significant others, imprisonment can be especially trying, and it’s about to become even more so.
The state that pioneered the concept of family visits is now taking them away.... Read Original Article