The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., famously once said that a riot is the language of the unheard. But riot is partly a misnomer to describe what happened in recent weeks on the streets of Baltimore following Freddie Gray’s death in police custody. In fact, the rage on Baltimore’s streets was essentially an uprising against
Do you want to know how the economy works these days? Consider the rewards of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who likes to think of his company as a paragon of the socially engaged corporation. In fiscal year 2013 Schultz personally gobbled up $149.8 million in realized compensation for his efforts, thanks no doubt to the
THE RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTIVE CARE IS ESSENTIAL TO FAMILY PLANNING It’s a good thing I have little interest in arts and crafts. For two reasons, one being that if I were an arts and crafts person, I would probably be very bad at whatever arts and crafts I did. The second reason it’s a good
With “March Madness” now moving into a historic April NCAA women’s basketball championship between undefeated UConn and Notre Dame teams, I thought I would share one of my favorite sports stories from a while back. It’s a short history lesson on the rise of women’s basketball and the struggle for equal opportunity in sports, with some
Why We Need Single-Payer Health Care Here is an article I wrote for Counterpunch in 2007 on some of the bad practices that occur under a U.S. health care system in which insurance companies decide what health care services are allowed. While under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) some new pro-consumer insurance regulations, such as prohibitions
MARK HARRIS 