Yearly Archives: 2017
In heat of Dakota Access protests, National Sheriffs’ Association lobbied for more military gear
Standing Rock and the role of the Sheriffs’ Association serve as a case study of broader policing trends seen during social movements.
Forget Andrew Jackson. The Right thinks Trump is Calvin Coolidge!
Comparisons are odious, and contrary to conservative opinion, Noisy Donald Trump is no Silent Cal.
The first 100 days of resistance
It’s heartening to see the anti-Trump resistance move so quickly toward an affirmative vision that rejects the limited political choices of the past and demands broader horizons of possibility.
Just ‘an island in the Pacific’: How Washington demeans its colonial conquests
From Hawaii to Okinawa, Pacific islands seem relegated to serve as neverland vacation getaways – as well as outposts for our military empire.
President Trump’s dramatic retreat on trade
If we had full transparency into the operations of the Trump family business, we would know if happy business leaders are improving the Trump Organization’s bottom line.
Why scientists marched
As a social scientist myself, I know what goes into a scientist's quest for knowledge and truth. This administration doesn't.
Bernie Sanders launches clean energy bill to phase out fossil fuels by 2050
“Donald Trump is wrong about a lot of things, but there is no area where he is more wrong than on the issue of climate change.”
Building a Trump-free, fossil-free future
While it is impossible to know what future course the Trump era will take, we do know that the future of the planet and its people depend on resisting and overcoming the president’s anti-climate agenda.
Trump’s 100 days: U.S. air campaign hammers Yemen with almost a strike a day
The MOAB arrived in Afghanistan before the inauguration, on January 13.
Cornel West & former Sanders staffer on movement to draft Bernie for a new...
Former Sanders supporters have launched a movement to “Draft Bernie for a People’s Party,” urging him to start a new progressive party and run for president in 2020.