We need to talk about the Jewish National Fund
To reach the goal of a just and durable peace in Israel/Palestine, it will be imperative to dismantle the JNF, a provocative agent in the dispossession of Palestinians.
Wagging the dog? America and the UK respond to the crisis in Ukraine
Likely the best way to understand the reaction of the U.S., UK and other English speaking countries to the latest ‘crisis’ in the Ukraine is that there is, as always, plenty of money to be made out of it.
Inside the campaign to abolish the subminimum wage in 25 states by 2026
"This is the only future for the service sector and the economy overall: wages must go up or there will be no future.”
‘Morally obscene’: Sanders blasts GOP, Manchin over 41% spike in child poverty
"How did this happen? Fifty Republicans and one corporate Democrat allowed the $300-a-month Child Tax Credit to expire," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
All American presidents have lied – the question is why and when
If presidents must sometimes lie to defend important political values, then, it seems as though the good president must be both able to lie and able to lie well.
Lack of media urgency over GOP efforts to steal 2024 elections
One of the “most consistent criticisms of the political press from the left these days is that it treats politics and policy as ‘normal’ when the United States is facing an unprecedented crisis of democracy.”
Physicians slam industry push to ‘fix’—not end—Medicare privatization scheme
"The industry thinks they can save it with minor tweaks and cosmetic fixes. But we won't back down until Direct Contracting is shut down, for good," one doctor said of the Trump-era program.
Suicide truckers
The "Freedom Convoy" in Canada wants to spread its anti-government, antisocial, and ultimately self-defeating messages far and wide.
Biden’s $7 billion Afghan heist
“We can’t bring our loved ones back, but we can save the lives of people in Afghanistan by advocating that the Biden Administration release this money to its rightful owners: the Afghan people.”
US wants a new war or at least public fears of one
As US forces head to Europe and Asia, war risk grows.