Tuesday, June 16, 2026

US mass killers crucially abetted by nuts who won’t ban assault weapons and high-capacity...

If we don’t permit people to buy bombs and hand-held wire-guided anti-aircraft rockets, why do we permit them to buy semi-automatic assault rifles?

Chicago police have a serious problem with pointing guns at children

Police in Chicago are using excessive force, leaving children and families traumatized.

Global Indigenous Peoples March set to fight human rights violations and climate crisis

"We must remind the world, again, that Indigenous people matter. We are all made better when we respect one another and lift each other up."

Is intellectual property turning into a knowledge monopoly?

Never before has society had the ability it does today to bring together different communities and resources in order to produce new knowledge.

Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 23, 2018

White supremacist barred from Virginia, Trump threatens the Iranian president, corporate Democrats plan a counterrevolution, and more.

Learning the power of lies

Facts vs. falsehoods in the age of Trump.

How can America really be exceptional?

Can America still follow its principles of liberty and equality but have a far broader set of free social services (education and healthcare like the fire and police departments)? I think that it can. And if it does, it will have the sort of society that we want – not an oligopoly or crony capitalist one.

U.S. suicide rates soar with Indigenous Women particularly vulnerable

U.S. suicide rates have reached the highest level since World War II.

What is the point of your human life?

For some time now, I’ve been trying to assess the point of one’s human life.  What makes you (or me) important or...
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Baltimore residents: Trump’s attacks on the city are rooted in “racism and white supremacy”

President Trump is facing widespread outrage after describing Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”