’20 years of US torture and counting’: Report details post-9/11 abuse at Gitmo and...
"Thus far, Biden administration actions raise sobering questions about its commitment to ending the so-called 'War on Terror.'"
Responding to voter suppression, understanding manipulated elections
Voter suppression has gotten more sophisticated in recent elections.
Let them eat gadgets…
There is something magical when two complete strangers look each other in the eye and actually communicate!
Tennessee’s bold move: Arming educators as a countermeasure to rising school shootings
The bill under scrutiny mandates that teachers wishing to carry concealed weapons undergo 40 hours of specialized training, alongside mental health evaluations and background checks.
Citadels of paranoia; panoramas of despair: An occupation of phantoms.
Despair seems an apt response to events one cannot reconcile, of circumstances of which one cannot gain perspective nor control.
What the Catastrophic Aliso Canyon Methane Leak Teaches Us About Our Addiction to Fossil...
To prevent more disasters like Aliso Canyon in California and around the country we need an emergency statewide effort to shut down facilities that lack basic safety equipment, including Aliso Canyon.
Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
The police kill citizens with impunity, and that is exactly how the system is designed to work. The numerous little police states that exist in poor urban areas across the U.S. are models for a system that would enslave all of us.
Baby you’re a (super) rich man!
Millionaires, Mega Millionaires and even a few Billionaires run our corporations, our media and of course our politics.
‘Enormous policy failure’: states throw hundreds of thousands—including many children—off Medicaid
"We knew this was coming," wrote one policy expert. "But we still treat these burdens like they're unavoidable natural disasters."
Why the George Floyd Protesters are American patriots
For more than 200 years, ordinary Americans have taken to the streets to oppose injustice and improve their lives. That foundational right has been the basis for real change in the nation.