Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
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As Rents Soar, San Francisco Looks Away From Its Homelessness Crisis
“There are many of us here who are homeless because when we came back from fighting, we couldn’t get a job, we had mental problems and there was no assistance for us anywhere."
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This Changes Everything: Naomi Klein Takes On Capitalism Vs. the Climate
Klein's starting point is valuable for the pro-planet movement, showing the walls that are built by the system – and ourselves – to stop climate action.
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As Detroit Bankruptcy Trial Closes, Protesters Announce March for Water Rights
Concluding the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy case for a U.S. municipality, financial creditors and pension groups representing public workers clamored to demand payments.
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10,000 Protesters March In Hungary Rejecting Internet Tax Proposal
Outside the economy ministry on Sunday, crowds held up brightly lit phones and signs with slogans like "Free Wifi! Free Internet! Free Hungary!" as they called on government to scrap an Internet fee.
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Our Less-Than-Empathetic Rich: Who Gives What to Whom and Why?
Low- and middle-income people give a greater share of their incomes to charity than people of decidedly more ample means.
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India Bans All Animal-Tested Cosmetics, Citing Ghandian Nonviolence Principles
Testing cosmetics on animals goes against the non-violence principle of Ahimsa, and protecting sentient animals from suffering is enshrined in India’s constitution as the duty of every citizen.
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Violent Evictions Make Room for Oil Waste Treatment Plant In Uganda
More than 200 families have been brutally thrust from their homes as discoveries of oil prompt investors and land grabs in the western part of the country.
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Welcome to Berkeley, Calif: Ground Zero for the Soda Wars
Coke and Pepsi are spending millions of dollars to keep taxes from going up on their sugared products. It's all thanks to the infamous Citizens United decision. Watch Robert Reich break it down.
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Money In Politics: Dark Money Spending in Key Senate Races Shattering Records
Outside spending "giving wealthy spenders more power than ever to buy influence over our political process and elected officials," says report.
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BARCLAYS TERMINATED MY ACCOUNT AND FROZE MY ASSETS WITHOUT WARNING OR EXPLANATION
It’s a fairly absurd situation and I’d like to document exactly what happened.
