Monday, September 28, 2026

The perilous shift in US weapons sales to Taiwan

It raises the question; Is Beijing taking notice?

The brave new war machine

How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.

Bernie Sanders Wins Indiana – And The Political Debate

The Democratic nominee would be far better advised to present a bold agenda for change, than to be painted as a defender of our corrupted politics and our rigged economy.
The Pentagon. Photo: David B. Gleason / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Massie files eight impeachment articles against Hegseth over Iran war

The Kentucky Republican's resolution accuses the defense secretary of ordering unauthorized strikes and retaliating against a senator who invoked troops' right to refuse illegal orders.

Racist white man fatally shoots three Black people at Florida store

'He hated Black people,' the sheriff said.

What will generative AI mean for the racial wealth gap? 

Big technological shifts have a history of keeping Black and other marginalized groups at or near the bottom of economic opportunities. Will this time be different?

Capital Punishment? A Dead Policy Walking

Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, even though there were no eyewitnesses, nor fingerprints. Was he a victim of bias and racism?

Wanted: Strong candidates who believe in public schools

What does it take to provide quality, top-notch education for our students?

America needs to confront its culture of guns and fear

raising the next generation of kids with fewer guns on the streets, more restrictive gun laws on the books, and a healthy sense of skepticism about mass media may be the best recipe to fight back against a culture of guns and fear.

Give Trump the literal ‘jury of his peers’ he demands – that’s indisputable justice,...

The problem with a true Trump jury of his peers – if they’re just as greedy, nasty, and selfish -- is upsetting expectations, even stumbling over truth.