Hollow promises of a better life: Modern day slavery
Like many of the issues facing humanity, modern day slavery demands a coordinated consistent approach, cooperation and commitment, nor just among governments, but between nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations.
Brooklyn, Spring/Summer ’69- On Neighborhoods and War
You live in the burbs, or what they call so many small cities nowadays. Strip malls, shopping centers and it seems a...
The Democrats just helped the Greens!
By Trump doing his thing the Greens will attract millions of working stiffs once they realize that it doesn't have to be mutiny to leave the Democratic Party's safe refuge anymore.
Understanding NATO, Ending War
On 4 April 2019, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known as NATO, marked the 70th anniversary of its existence with a...
It’s a scam
The irony is obvious - taking money from the taxpaying public to destroy a vital public institution that, unlike charter schools, must take all comers.
Nonviolence and trust
This week I joined others from my town in a State Department initiative called City Pair; in this case, "pairing" Portland, Oregon...
O.N.E.
“This is what it means to be an American dealing with a fake president spouting cringeworthy claims even as we try to create decent relationships with bewildered people from other lands.”
The anti-empire report #157: Unpersons
In his desperation for approval, our dear president has jumped on the back of increased military spending.
“Enemies foreign and domestic”
As a nation, as a people, Americans must come to grips with what is underway and decide what kind of country this is and what it is going to become before the dystopian tide overwhelms us.
Crony corruption in Trumpworld
Crony corruption. Do we deserve better? Certainly, our children and grandchildren do.