The global cry for change
Billions of people throughout the world are desperate for change, for freedom, social justice, greater democracy and environmental action.
Venezuela: Indigenous people are forgotten victims of crisis as profits trump rights
The result of this is a breakdown of the relationship between the Venezuelan state and indigenous people, and a return to the longstanding struggle over territory and mining resources.
‘A step forward’: Black Lives Matter protests forced Biden to push racial equity, but...
Biden’s executive orders are “a step forward” and credits social movements who have been pressuring the administration to act.
How CEOs behave like closet socialists
To deal with the many challenges we face today, the democratic principle must be extended from the political realm to the economic.
The first trillionaire – no big deal?
Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
Shelter within the storm: A dialog on politics and culture
A dialog on the artist’s role in times of extreme societal and cultural alienation and worldwide crisis.
How LOW Can You Go?
There has been an epidemic throughout our nation that is more deadly than any flu or opioid addiction. Simply said it is this low brow culture that has inculcated all walks of life.
An uncharitable view of charity
The need for charity only exists because we’re tolerating intentional injustices and widespread inequality created by power elites.
‘Tis the nightmare before chaos
When rational essays struggle to capture all the madness, what other choice for writers but satiric sadness?
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.