by The Conversation | May 18, 2023 | Fact Heroes
The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction—so it might seem strangely lighthearted to wonder what a Great Depression-era singer and activist would think about this particular...
by The Conversation | Apr 27, 2023 | Fact Heroes
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Belafonte was at a cocktail party in Manhattan, scolding the then-attorney general of the United States. “You may think you’re doing enough,” he recalled telling Robert F....
by Common Dreams | Apr 12, 2023 | Fact Heroes
In just a few words—”those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future”—George Orwell summed up why narratives about history can be crucial. And so, ever since the final helicopter liftoff from the U.S....
by Common Dreams | Mar 16, 2023 | Fact Heroes
The Nebraska state Senate’s 90-day legislative session reached its halfway point on Wednesday, but not a single bill has been passed yet thanks to a filibuster that was begun three weeks ago by state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh in a bid to stop Republicans from...
by Common Dreams | Feb 22, 2023 | Fact Heroes
We can forget, but the news Jimmy Carter is nearing the end of his righteous life reminds us there has been, and perhaps will be, good on this earth. A “thoroughly decent man” and “steadfast champion of humanity,” Carter spoke up for racial...
by KFF Health News | Feb 18, 2023 | Fact Heroes
Hannah Crabtree got active on Twitter in 2016 to find more people like herself: those with Type 1 diabetes who’d hacked their insulin pumps to automatically adjust the amount of insulin delivered. Soon, though, Crabtree found a more critical diabetes-related...