Monday, December 15, 2025

To working stiff Trump supporters

Perhaps we need some of that now. That is not insurrection or revolution. Let us call it EVOLUTION.

Personal interview: Professor Mark Skidmore What are the Prospects for Peace?

Mark Skidmore talks about how the role of everyday citizens in affecting the relationship the U.S. now has and will have with the rest of the world community.

5 tips on how to talk climate change this holiday season

The trick is to use patience, tolerance, an optimistic tone – and last, but not least, a keen understanding of your audience – to nudge your climate-skeptic sister or father-in-law.

The Media: Not so much fake news as shallow, less than objective journalism

It might be said that the media is not well-rounded for it often beats the same subject almost to death.

Why unarmed civilian protection is the best path to sustainable peace

“Unarmed civilian protection challenges the widespread assumption that ‘where there is violence we need soldiers,’ or that armed actors will only yield to violent threat.”

Global inequality is 25% higher than it would have been in a climate-stable world

As is becoming increasingly clear, there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to climate change or inequality.

A jubilee moment in pandemic America?

The poetry of a movement to change this country...

How the police killing of a Black Brazilian teen sparked a movement

The police killing of João Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.

A 2 percent financial wealth tax would provide a $12,000 annual stipend to every...

It's not hard to envision the benefits in work opportunities, stress reduction, child care, entrepreneurial activity, and artistic pursuits for American households with an...

The Guardian criticized for misrepresenting truth in Nicaragua

A group of advocates for Nicaragua wrote the publication to correct the record, but the Guardian refuses to publish their letter to the editor.