Relatively new, anyway, and new to me. Dangerous Intersection is the name and it has a strong group of writers, ranging from a grandmother whose family fled South Africa after getting into trouble for their anti-apartheid activism to a college freshman. They cover a lot of the same territory that I do and they do it pretty well. Take a look.
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I found this on Youtube and wanted to share it with everyone. It's a video for the song Biko, by Peter Gabriel. Stephen Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist who was killed by the police in 1977 while in custody.
You can file this one under "should have been done about twenty years ago." From the Mail & Guardian:
In my essay on social networks and research of Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, I describe a few of the striking medical effects produced by social networks:
The recent war in Gaza, coupled with the rejection of Israel-critic Charles Freeman for an intelligence post in the Obama administration, has led to a renewed round of hand-wringing over America's relationship with Israel.
Ed: Thanks so much for this post regarding dangerousintersection.org. You are correct that we try to offer a wide range of perspectives in our posts. We focus on the behavior human animals, especially in the areas of science, religion, media and (a catch-all) culture.
I've admired your work ever since finding your site several months ago (we feature a link to "Dispatches From the Culture Wars" on our homepage). Keep up the great work and thanks, again, for the plug. I really appreciate it.
Erich