Yearly Archives: 2021
Biden’s first 100 days and the GOP’s first 100 days without Trump
Biden has a razor-thin majority in Congress and must keep every Democratic senator in line if he’s to get his plans enacted.
Can Guantánamo ever be shut down?
Dealing with the forever prison of America's forever wars...
Installing solar panels over California’s canals could yield water, land, air and climate payoffs
Building smart solar developments on canals and other disturbed land can make power and water infrastructure more resilient while saving water, reducing costs and helping to fight climate change.
Chicago police need “overhaul” after foot chases led to Alvarez & Toledo killings within...
“There is this real sense that Brown and Black lives, they don’t have the value that they should when Chicago police officers confront our youth.”
Ending gun violence in the US
We can have guns on a limited basis – to provide societal and individual protection, but in a way that will prevent people from using the weapons for illegal or violent purposes.
Clueless Santorum perpetrates ‘second genocide’ of Native Americans
Thus do racists defend “manifest destiny,” the delusion that God endorsed genocide, the greatest single theft of land, freedom and property in history.
Páramos at risk: The interconnected threats to a biodiversity hotspot
The pressures of climate change and human land use could lead to the disappearance of unique biodiversity and vital ecological services.
3 police officers resign after fracturing elderly woman’s arm on video
None of the officers involved in Garner’s arrest currently face any criminal charges for breaking her arm while she was already in custody.
An invisible essential labor force
How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.
President Biden’s Tax-the-Rich plan: Just how bold?
A little history can help us with the answer.