Saturday, June 20, 2026

The struggle for peace in Afghanistan: Is community engagement the key?

I have just read a superb book by Mark Isaacs, an Australian who has documented several years of effort by a group...

Speaker Pelosi: Put Republicans on the investigating commission

A divided vote would have less of an impact but at least the facts would in the open, and the voters can make their own decision.

How to cultivate environmental awareness at schools

How to tell children about ecology to show them respect for the environment and not turn such a lesson into a routine? Let's take a deeper look at some options and how anyone can apply them in real life and class.

Twilight Zone Amerika: Woody Allen meets Rod Serling

The ‘Big Lie’ can only work when too many of us continue to lie to ourselves.

Dear Heather Cox Richardson

“In America, the twenty years since 2000 have seen the end game of the Reagan Revolution, begun in 1980.”

The salt of the Earth

The only true solution, no NOT a revolution, is for ALL workers to belong to what the Industrial Workers of the World AKA Wobblies, called 'One Big Union'.

Shameless

Trump rally participants chanted about Ilhan Omar: “Send her back! Send her back!” They are shameless so I feel shame for them.

Sustainability in a post-Covid-19 world: Is your business prepared?

Small businesses have a role to play. They have to make sure that they are sustainable in terms of their existence and environmental impact.

The terms of the protests: Systemic and institutional reform

People may even want different things, such as more radical change like abolishing the police entirely, but these ten proposed changes are a crucial contribution to the conversation of what to do about police brutality in America.

Trump kleptocracy

Since our “leaders” seem incapable, we will need to lead ourselves, it appears. This is our democracy and we want it back.