Monday, July 13, 2026

Alex Saab and the fragility of the solidarity movement

It’s difficult not to see the renewed imprisonment of Alex Saab as a disappointing capitulation to U.S. coercion after so many of us fought for his freedom, but we cannot forget the task at hand.

Time to trash the terrorist watch list, a police-state Frankenstein gone off the rails

Any political blacklist that has a million names of “suspected terrorists” is a caricature of a police state run amok.

From a concert in Las Vegas to a funeral in Yemen, we must stop...

Just as we are trying to get Congress to take action on gun control, so we must demand that Congress act to stop the US support for mass murder in Yemen.  

The real border surge

As big as the record 2023 border budget may be, in 2024 it’s likely to go “even further” into the stratosphere.

All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations amid sex abuse scandal

They asked forgiveness for the pain that they have caused and the “omissions” committed.
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Tesla takedown: Protests grow across the US as Trump & Musk brand activists as...

As protests against Tesla grow and sales plummet, the company’s stock has lost about 40 percent of its value since the start of the year.

How this federal legislation would save veterans’ lives

Marcelo Assis, president of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 12000 at Southern Connecticut Gas, fervently believes the nation needs to do a better job of reaching out to those who served and connecting them to the assistance they earned.

Why women’s leadership strengthens disaster resilience and environmental stewardship

Often overlooked in traditional emergency management, women play a critical role in preparedness, risk reduction, and building resilient communities.

An obituary for our world

Yes, my obituary is a given, but humanity’s should be so much less so.

Dead Prosecutor Drafted Arrest Warrant for Argentine President

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is being accused of covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires. While she is among other politicians being accused, no one has been convicted.