Iran: How Bolton tricked clueless UK conservatives into confrontation with Tehran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Simon Tisdall at The Guardian explains the difference between Socialist Spain and the disorganized Conservatives in control of U.K....
The U.S. is flooding the world with guns. Congress can stop that.
Gun exports reached record levels in 2017 and again in 2018. Can Congress stop Trump from loosening the rules even further?
Which shall we have: Love or greed?
The United States supposes itself to be a Christian community. Such a community should focus on love rather than wealth and power. Shouldn’t it?
Why reparations to African-Americans are necessary – how to start now
Reparations are a way of making the country whole, by partially remedying the inherited inequalities that still plague African-Americans.
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...
Putting out a Garbage Fyre: How reproductive rights advocates countered a week long anti-choice...
“What it’s about is reproductive and pregnancy outcomes and valuing them all...We need to be a society that values that decision for you because we’re a society that values healthy outcomes."
A tale of two druglords
One gets life behind bars, the other retired into luxury. Guess which one wreaked more havoc.
Media just can’t stop presenting horrifying stories as ‘uplifting’ perseverance porn
Because corporate media wholly accept and promote neoliberal, free-market doctrine, they are unable to see how what they see as “awesome” is actually a manifestation of late-capitalist dystopia.
It’s not a woman’s job to protect a man’s virtue
The Mississippi gubernatorial candidate who wouldn’t allow a female reporter to cover his campaign without a male chaperone is recycling centuries of misogynistic mythology.
What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts
"All regions of our country and rural and metropolitan areas alike have changing patterns of segregation that demand the public’s attention and action."