Category Archives: Human rights

Are you still addicted to using Amazon?

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: It was reported that Amazon plans to replace more than half a million employees with a robot workforce; and a leaked document revealed that the company, the largest owner of data centers in the world, conspired … Continue reading →

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It’s happened before: “The Battle of Anacostia Flats”

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Naomi

I’m tempted to say everything has happened before, but I don’t know everything so I will refrain. However, when I read what follows about the “Battle of Anacostia Flats,” immediately I thought of Trump’s D.C. stormtroopers assigned to remove a … Continue reading →

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A time-honored way to resist and protest

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Naomi

When I was a kid, the greatest impact newspapers and TV news had on me was during the civil rights protests in the South. Those photos: young, well-dressed African-Americans sitting at a diner counter, quietly waiting for the service they … Continue reading →

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