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Dead States, Living Borders: Three Historical Cases Of ‘State Revival’: Armenia, Vietnam, And Poland
Saturday, 30 August 2025, 4:21 pm | Independent Media Institute
The rebirth of the state entails the reconstruction of borders, symbols, and shared narratives—often in contexts of deep geopolitical instability. The ability of people to transform historical memory into a political project is what distinguishes mere ... More >>
Looking Back At The Positions On South African Apartheid Taken By Ambitious Democrats
Sunday, 24 August 2025, 6:05 pm | Independent Media Institute
Certain prominent Democrats led efforts in the 1980s to help end apartheid, but the political costs and benefits were uncertain at the time, and some remain debated today. More >>
How Indigenous Jarawara Women Use Snuff To Shape Movement, Meaning, And Daily Life
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 6:16 pm | Independent Media Institute
Among the Jarawara, snuff is more than a daily ritual—it’s a source of pleasure, power, and connection, shaped by the care and agency of women. More >>
How Trump Helps Companies Save A Pittance At The Risk Of Workers’ Lives
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 6:49 am | Independent Media Institute
The DOL—overseeing MSHA and other safety agencies—says it wants to cut “red tape” for employers and ban district managers from requiring additional safeguards they consider necessary. More >>
Questioning The Corporation
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 8:02 am | Independent Media Institute
From trading posts to tech empires, corporations continue to grow in strength. Without reform, their power may soon eclipse public control entirely. More >>
Illegitimate Power, Illegitimate Violence: How Nations Are Built On The Backs Of Disenfranchised Children
Friday, 25 July 2025, 7:07 pm | Independent Media Institute
True justice begins at birth, not in systems that mask inequality with the language of freedom and hide civil erasure behind institutional power. More >>
Public Funding Is The Solution To Media Bias, Not The Driver
Friday, 25 July 2025, 9:03 am | Independent Media Institute
The billionaire class has its sights set on an ignorant populace that would be more receptive to its morally bankrupt ideology. More >>
The Corporate Takeover Of Housing
Saturday, 12 July 2025, 4:36 pm | Independent Media Institute
Corporate ownership remains a relatively small percentage of American housing. But a growing number of financial firms, tech platforms, and institutional landlords, alongside a national housing shortage, is making homeownership even less affordable. More >>
A Tale Of Two Nations: The North Aral Sea Rebounds While The South Aral Sea Dries Up
Friday, 11 July 2025, 8:25 am | Independent Media Institute
Once a thriving inland sea, the Aral has become a cautionary tale of ecological collapse, political neglect, and uneven recovery, as efforts in Kazakhstan are bringing about a slow revival in the north, while Uzbekistan’s extractivist priorities leave the ... More >>
The Frontier Research Of Michael Levin’s Biology Lab
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 8:10 am | Independent Media Institute
Asked what the lab is working on now, Levin listed many things in the interview, including: “better imaging of bioelectric states of complex tissues in vivo; better ways to communicate new goals to cells in regenerative contexts using the bioelectric ... More >>
The Inevitable Militarisation Of Space?
Friday, 4 July 2025, 10:51 am | Independent Media Institute
For decades, international treaties and diplomatic pressure largely constrained the militarisation of space. But in the 2020s, open defiance has replaced subtle circumvention, and the prospect of full-scale weaponisation is no longer theoretical. More >>
Ventilation Shutdown Is One Of The Cruelest Ways To Kill Animals
Friday, 4 July 2025, 9:01 am | Independent Media Institute
The least humane way of culling poultry and pigs has become increasingly common. More >>
Food Museums Uncover The Culture, Science, And History Behind The Food At The End Of Your Fork
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 6:48 am | Independent Media Institute
Institutions like New York City’s Museum of Food and Drink are making food literacy fun. More >>
The Plebeian Council As An Example For Modern Citizen Empowerment
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 9:25 am | Independent Media Institute
The rise and erosion of the plebeian council offers perspectives on the stagnant U.S. civil rights movement. More >>
What Will It Take To End Trump’s ICE Raids?
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 9:17 am | Independent Media Institute
Our reliance on armed agents of the state has led to fascism. The only way out is to abolish policing and militarism. More >>
Skyscrapers Of Babel: How Ancient Mesopotamia Shaped The Modern City
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 4:48 pm | Independent Media Institute
In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylines—melding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary blend of the past and the possible. More >>
How Academics Are Pushing Back On The For-Profit Academic Publishing Industry
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 4:42 pm | Independent Media Institute
High article processing charges (APCs) are common in the for-profit academic publishing industry. The 2021 paper “Equitable Open Access Publishing: Changing the Financial Power Dynamics in Academia” notes that high APCs “exacerbate disparities between ... More >>
How Inclusionary Social Movements Succeed
Friday, 20 June 2025, 12:46 pm | Independent Media Institute
The driving force behind inclusionary and exclusionary social movements is a desire to control the center of power. Given their desire for control, movements inevitably clash, and in the process, attempt to expand their base by building off their adherents’ ... More >>
Host Of ‘The Attitude With Arnie Arnesen’ On Corporate Media Contamination, News Soundbites, & Trump Admin’s Impact
Friday, 20 June 2025, 11:14 am | Independent Media Institute
“We have power. They’re afraid of us,” says politician-turned-talk-radio-personality “Arnie” Arnesen. More >>
Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One Of The Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests
Friday, 20 June 2025, 9:16 am | Independent Media Institute
For the Indigenous Gayo, Alas, Kluet, Aneuk Jamee & Karo peoples, Leuser is not merely a forest, it is sacred ancestral land. Their stewardship has kept the ecosystem intact for centuries. But in recent decades, an insatiable global hunger for one cheap commodity ... More >>
