Yearly Archives: 2021
The spread of global hate
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped right-wing populists take power. Can they now help rein them in?
American Insurrection: Deadly far-right extremism from Charlottesville to Capitol attack. What next?
Since 2015, right-wing extremists have been involved in 267 plots or attacks, leading to 91 deaths.
Ecology and economics
The human economy is a part of the global environment, rather than the reverse.
Why disability rights advocates are pressing the Senate to allow an internet voting option
The push for voters with disabilities, and for overseas and military voters, pits civil rights activists against cybersecurity advocates.
Trump, defying custom, hasn’t given the National Archives records of his speeches at political...
Almost 10% of the president’s total public speeches are excluded from the official record.
Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights
The country’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the process around a past case that cancelled the demarcation of an Indigenous territory claimed by the Guarani Kaiowá people.
Japan to release Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
"The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive wastes."
Progressives welcome ‘incredibly encouraging news’ of planned US withdrawal from Afghanistan
"Let's make sure the U.S. does not continue to fight there via other means—CIA, contractors, airwars, drones."
How to develop movement candidates and win rural governing power
In elections, we are facing setbacks locally and more broadly. A bold new experiment in West Virginia offers lessons for long-term success.
Freedom’s just another word for something left to lose
Most of the people in the United States think that they have freedom, but in reality, they are tied to a system which gives that very little freedom.