“The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.” – Eleanor Holmes Norton, civil rights activist and Democrat Delegate to Congress representing the District of Columbia. The freedom to disagree forms the bedrock of a thriving democratic society. Today, as we [...]

April 26, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: AIISF, America 2049, Angel Island, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, b-listed, breakthrough, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese immigrants, culture shockers, deportation, detention, education, Facebook, human rights, immigrant, immigration, immigration reform, Interrogation Reenactment Event, Racism, Restore Fairness, San Francisco, youth | Comments Off

On this year’s Tax Day that has just passed, several organizations including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), MoveOn, Daily Kos and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) joined forces for ‘Tax Day: Make Them Pay.’ The groups organized peaceful protests around the country outside the offices of big corporations and [...]

April 18, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: AFSCME, America 2049, Audre Lord, b-listed, breakthrough, Civil Rights, culture shockers, Daily Kos, Facebook, Facebook game, Games for Change, General Electric, human rights, immigrant, immigration, immigration reform, labor rights, migrant workers, MoveOn, Ohio, Passover, Scott Walker, SEIU, Slavery, Syrian immigrant, Tax Day, The Economist, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Walfre Merida, Wisconsin, worker rights | Comments Off

Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 10, several neighbors along Clinton Street in the Lower East Side (Manhattan) heard Sarah Coit’s incessant screams. The screaming lasted for around 20 minutes, yet no one was able to figure out where it was coming from. Less than half an hour later, a man named Raul Barrera showed [...]

April 15, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: America 2049, b-listed, breakthrough, culture shockers, Domestic Violence, human rights, New York City, RAINN, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual assault awareness month, sexual violence, Take Back the Night, violence against women, Women, women's rights | Comments Off

“Fox News: Coffee, smiles, fear and terror!” On April 9, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) actors Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan played the presenters of Fox News’ morning talk show ‘Fox & Friends’ Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade, respectively.  The cast discussed several current issues starting with the federal budget showdown [...]

April 12, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: America 2049, b-listed, because we found it, Bobby Moynihan, breakthrough, deportation, Domestic Violence, education, Facebook, Fox and Friends, Helen Mirren, human rights, I AM THIS LAND, immigration, NBC, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer, women's rights, youth | Comments Off

With the internet rapidly penetrating almost every aspect of our lives, its role as an educational medium is now firmly under the spotlight. As more and more schools across the U.S begin integrating online courses into their academic infrastructure, critics and advocates are locked in an intensifying debate over the quality of education that online [...]

April 8, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: b-listed, breakthrough, education, gadgets for good, Innovation Zone, internet, khan academy, online learning, salman khan, youth | Comments Off

Breakthrough is pleased to present our ground-breaking new Facebook game, AMERICA 2049! (Twitter hashtag #America2049) The game has already been featured by TIME.com and Wired.com and this is just the beginning! We invite you to play by becoming an agent, charged with the responsibility to protect the future of our country. The game features appearances [...]

April 5, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: America 2049, Anthony Rapp, b-listed, breakthrough, breakthrough beat, Cherry Jones, Civil Rights, Domestic Violence, education, Facebook, Harold Perrineau, human rights, immigrant, immigration, lgbt, Mallika Dutt, Margaret Cho, Racism, TIME.com, Twitter, Victor Garber, wired.com | Comments Off

CBS has been in the news as of late about the troubled Charlie Sheen.  While fascinating, we’re more excited when mainstream media is used to shed light on important issues our country is facing today. But when CBS announced that ‘Ugly Betty’ star and Emmy and Golden Globe winner America Ferrera had temporarily joined the [...]

April 1, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: b-listed, b-the change, breakthrough, deportation, human rights, immigrant, immigration, immigration reform | Comments Off