Perspective Magazine: Harvard's Progressive Monthly

29/01/2014

This fact doesn't equate to a great start for 2014.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/23/3192911/normal-school-shootings/

In the 14 school days that have taken place so far in 2014, there have been at least seven school shootings.

29/01/2014

Renewable energy at its finest.

http://www.salon.com/2014/01/08/wind_power_passes_polar_vortex_test_newscred/

When the going got tough, wind power proved that it has what it takes

10/12/2013

House Democrats pressure Pres. Obama to stop deportations.

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/12/10/3037441/house-dems-pressure-obama-stop-deportations/

More than two dozen House Democrats called on President Barack Obama to suspend the deportations of a vast majority of the undocumented immigrant population and to expand a program that grants temporary legal presence.

09/12/2013

Extending long-term unemployment benefits would save a lot of jobs.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/09/3038531/unemployment-benefits-jobs/

A failure to reauthorize the federal unemployment benefits program would also reduce GDP.

08/12/2013

Black Exec says BP fired her for wearing ethnic clothing.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/12/06/3030641/dashiki-discrimination/

"If you are going to wear ethnic clothing, you should alert people in advance that you will be wearing something ethnic," she alleges her supervisor told her.

06/12/2013

Youths with the immigration advocacy group Fair Immigration Reform Movement were threatened by the police.

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/12/05/3025791/police-threaten-children-arrest-boehner/

Activists between the ages of three to 21 were threatened with arrest by Capitol police officers for singing to House Republicans to pass immigration reform.

06/12/2013

The new head of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania does not believe that climate change is hurtful.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/05/3025311/pennsylvania-dep-head-climate-change/

One state senator called the DEP head's comments on climate change "mind-blowing.”

04/12/2013

Anyone living in the area around Kendall Square and Central Square could tell you that Cambridge is changing. The growth of biotechnology in the city - making

03/12/2013

The time has come for us to stop just talking about the climate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/abrupt-climate-change_n_4378864.html?utm_hp_ref=green

WASHINGTON -- Climatic changes -- and the results of those changes -- could occur within decades or even sooner, and they are becoming a greater concern for scientists, according to a new paper from the National Academy of Sciences.

03/12/2013

Pres. Obama pledges to help fund the race to beat AIDS.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/03/3010991/obama-100-million-aids/

On the heels on World AIDS Day, the president has announced new funding initiatives to help find a cure.

02/12/2013

"Kanye has time and time again demonstrated that he is displeased with the system [racism] solely based on the fact that he wants a seat at the table. His anger is steeped in envy rather than reform. And this is dangerous because we get away from transforming these hierarchical structures, to unknowingly reinforcing them".

I recently wrote an article called, "Harry Belafonte Was Right About Jay-Z." The article went viral, generating a huge response from the Black community and beyond. A few readers were puzzled when...

02/12/2013

Marriage equality is now official in Hawaii.
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/02/couples_exchange_midnight_vows_as_marriage_equality_becomes_official_in_hawaii/