What ‘Call of Duty’ Shows About How War Changed America
“It is a remarkable portrait of America’s love affair with war, and a deeply troubling glimpse into how war changes national identity.”
Source: The Atlantic
Louisiana’s Slave-Trading 2.0
Via the Times-Picayune
Note: This data is stunning!
“Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly triple Iran’s, seven times China’s and 10 times Germany’s.”
(via jayaprada)
Source: owsposters
O, Beautiful
for spacious skies
for amber waves of grain
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain
America
America
god shed his grace on thee
and crown thy good
with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea
It’s weird to realize that one of the major reasons why you’re five inches taller than your sister is because she was substantially malnourished growing up in China in the 1980s, while you, born in America, had the good fortune of being properly nourished.
