Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Father’s lessons

Sometimes the personal overrides the burning political—just before it doubles back to connect. For me, I reflect on this day of my...

The quality (or inequality) of life

Poverty in history’s richest nation.

Native people and allies pledge to stop Keystone XL

Native peoples have a legal, moral, spiritual and inherent right to be caretakers of the planet.

‘Take away our poverty, not our children!:’ Poor People’s Campaign caps off 40 days...

"We are sick, we are homeless, we are separated from our families, and we will keep coming back until everyone has housing, voting rights, clean water, peace, and justice!"
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‘What to the slave is the 4th of July?’: James Earl Jones reads Frederick...

On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

Rising politics of intolerance and the need for unity

Division in any form, including nationalism, and competition go against human nature.

Seattle ends crucial indigenous youth program

Every youth that regularly attended Clear Sky graduated from high school, yet the district wants to end the program anyway.

Freedom of thought and the death of ideologies

Unity is the key element in any such shift — the required guiding principle underlying the development of existing systems and modes of living.

What can we do to start civilizing our richest?

Worldwide, ever more of us are realizing we need a ceiling on what our greediest can grab.

My life with Maus

Or how I was banned (even if in a second-hand way) by a Trumpian world.