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Three Saturday protests demand TIAA divest from fossil fuels, land grabs   New York City --  "TIAA has an image of social responsibility, but they are investing in many companies that are at the root cause of climate change. We demand this stop,"  said Molly Ornati, a Brooklyn resident and one of the organizers of a rally at TIAA's Upper West Side branch office at 108th and Broadway on Saturday morning, April 17th. The protest, one of 3 organized by the "TIAA Divest from Climate Destruction" campaign Saturday, confronted the $1.3T investment giant with three primary demands on Saturday: di...

Cornell lecturer claims she was 'fired' after suggesting Kamala Harris rose to VP only because of her mother's privileged Indian caste but she 'hasn't actually worked there since October' J. Khadijah Abdurahman said on Medium she was fired from her role as visiting lecturer and researcher at Cornell Tech by Associate Professor Tapan Parikh  She said she was fired last month following an argument that broke out online  Abdurahman admitted she had shared a GIF of Harris sipping tea to argue the VP was able to rise up the ranks because of her 'immense social privilege'  She claimed she shared...

Interview with Kurt Vonnegut With permission from HAMPTON SHORTS; Fiction Plus from the Hamptons and the east end; volume IV 1999. HAMPTON SHORTS is a not-for-profit literary magazine that puts out one book each year. Copies can be obtained by contacting HAMPTON SHORTS at either HamptonShorts@Hamptons.com or at P.O. Box 1229 Watermill, N.Y. 11976 or at (631) 537-2862. The Round Table: Fiction, Biography And The Use Of Power Robert Caro and Kurt Vonnegut One fine summer day, Barbara Stone and I arrived at the home of Kurt Vonnegut in Sagaponack. We had called Kurt, earlier; and asked to inter...

Cornell Law School students and faculty called for action to be taken against professor William Jacobson after he wrote an honest history of Black Lives Matter. Pictured: An individual waves a Black Lives Matter flag at a protest in Los Angeles, Sept. 24. (Photo: Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) Six months ago, William Jacobson, a professor at Cornell Law School and founder and publisher of Legal Insurrection, wrote two blog posts detailing the honest, but negative, history of Black Lives Matter. Students and faculty immediately called upon the school to take action against Ja...