The kindly 87-year-old man who took all the school kids’ lunch money
There seems to be no corporate recognition of the shameful act of taking decades of societal largesse and then doing everything possible to avoid paying for any of it.
Looming Trump Whoppers: What If We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet?
Winning will not make Trump curb his media-driven excesses -- or think less of his matchless, instinctive brilliance. Au contraire. Does not Trump’s attention-getting gimmickry demand ever more outlandish bellowing? That suggests worse is yet to come. So let’s take current Trumpery to its “logical” extension. Does not understanding Trumpism advance by imagining his first State of the Union address?
‘Blatant disregard of international laws and treaties’: Japan resumes commercial whaling
"We see the resumption of Japan's commercial whaling as merely a continuation of the Japanese Government's blatant disregard of international laws and treaties."
End the pandemic of violence against women
Pandemic-related lockdowns have increased the risk of violence against women and girls. Many governments have made more resources for survivors available as part of their pandemic-relief efforts, but this assistance can do little to prevent future violence without programs to address its root causes.
America’s Presidential Candidates Against the World
The issues facing the US in a presidential election year are simply too important for the candidates to ignore. And yet, while this suggests that they need to display policy mastery and even, now and again, genuine statesmanship, they are instead merely assuring voters that they will “keep us safe.”
Yesterday’s ‘shithole countries’ can become classy places Donald, and vice versa
The shit's everywhere.
What’s the real American story?
America’s true story shouldn’t end with Trump’s authoritarianism and nativism.
Johnson & Johnson discontinues selling talc-based baby powder in US
J&J faces more than 14,000 cases accusing Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing products of causing ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
$883.7 billion NDAA passed amid Pentagon audit failures and controversial policies
Congress approves $883.7 billion defense budget despite Pentagon’s audit failures and criticism over waste, cultural policies, and misplaced spending priorities.
Three cops arrested for beating innocent teen and covering up attack
After reviewing the unedited video during Aguilar’s trial, the judge dismissed the charges against the innocent teen.









