The power of ordinary people facing totalitarianism
Comprehending totalitarianism’s possible recurrence means neither denying the burden events have placed on us, nor submitting quietly to the order of the day.
Can the nuclear weapons genie be put back in the bottle?
The vehicle today for eliminating nuclear weapons is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, passed at the United Nations by a vote of 122 nations in 2017 - and it's not supported by the U.S., Russia, or China.
Denouncing corporate climate profiteers, comedy icon Lily Tomlin arrested at #FireDrillFriday protest in DC
"These corporations are making oodles of money on the front end, oodles of money on the back end. It is beyond reprehensible."
Four more officials charged with causing Flint water crisis
At least 13 former and current state and local officials face criminal charges for their participation in the Flint water crisis.
Permanent record: Why NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden risked his life to expose surveillance state
Six years ago, Edward Snowden leaked a trove of secret documents about how the United States had built a massive surveillance apparatus...
Bill O’Reilly laughs at United Airlines passenger who was forcibly removed from plane
"I shouldn't be laughing, but it's just so bizarre."
We All Are Islamic State
The killings in Brussels or Paris and the killings in U.S. military strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria or Libya perpetuate the same dark lusts. The savage tit-for-tat game will not end until we rouse ourselves from our hypnotized state.
‘What, to the American Slave, Is Your 4th of July?’
Frederick Douglass told a crowd gathered in Rochester, N.Y., on July 5, 1852 that to slaves the white man's celebration of the Fourth of July is a "sham." And today, the gross injustice and cruelty he was talking about are still existent.
It Can’t Happen Here… Can It?
Whether or not Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination or is elected president, for the gathering members of his grassroots coalition, he’s certainly shown what can, indeed, happen here.
The secret health care bill
If this shameful bill is enacted, McConnell and Trump – as well as every Republican senator who signs on – will bear the burden of hundreds of thousands of deaths








