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Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway. Outside the gates of the Columbia University campus, a penned-in group of pro-Israel demonstrators has faced off More

Establishment psychiatry, Big Pharma, and the mainstream media have acknowledged that a single antidepressant treatment does not work for the majority of patients; but for nearly twenty years, they have told us that in the “real world,” doctors provide patients who have been failed by their initial antidepressant with another antidepressant, and if that fails, still another, and that this real-world treatment is successful for nearly 70% of patients. This nearly 70% antidepressant effectiveness claim... Читать дальше...

American universities pride themselves on being a melting pot of free exchange of ideas and critical thinking. The U.S. university tenure system provides academic freedom for professors to instruct and encourage students to think outside the box, fostering the pursuit of ideas that might be considered unpopular or controversial. An environment that enables students to More

It may not be a fool’s errand – but it’s close.  Biden and the Democrats have announced their intention to vie for Florida’s 30 electoral votes in November.  This, notwithstanding the political headwinds they face in a one-time battleground state that has turned decidedly Red of late. Trump won Florida by a narrow margin over Hillary Clinton More

To begin the latest of the artist’s new series of acrylic works, first she sets down a large sheet of thick white paper on the studio floor, ensuring that by securing the sides with tape properly it is perfectly flat, thereby avoiding too many small lakes of paint. Then she puts some music on, latterly More

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised, as part of a long-simmering controversy, that migrants arriving in the country without permission will be sent to Rwanda rather than be allowed to claim asylum in the UK. According to a BBC report, approximately 52,000 migrants have arrived in the UK since the law regarding asylum was More

Mexican agricultural workers are seen in California in 1943. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress) While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters if he were elected again: “Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation More

Nobody likes to provoke people more than my friend René Moncada, an artist who has been shunned by the art world. His revenge has been to display his art in alternative public spaces where his work can’t be ignored. We met in the 1980s in Soho, New York, where we both lived. For many years More

I know money in politics isn’t a new thing, but Maryland’s May 14 primary is shaping up to be an embarrassment of riches, and not in a good way. Let’s start with the race to replace retiring Senator Ben Cardin. If Democrats have any hope of maintaining control of the Senate, they need to hold More