Writing as Resistance
Doomed writers buried their accounts of the Warsaw ghetto in the hope that they could teach whoever unearthed the documents about good, evil, indifference and the importance of the truth as an act of resistance. They have left us a trove of papers on how to construct a life of meaning.
What’s next after the midterms? Ro Khanna & Robert Reich discuss
Is Donald Trump over? Should Joe Biden run in 2024? What should Democrats do in the lame-duck session before Republicans take over the House?
We were all outsiders in Trump’s America once — even Trump
Trump’s brand of bigotry goes back a long way in this country.
Despite withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, US will join climate talks
The United Nations welcomes the Trump Administration’s re-engagement.
Appalling surge of anti-Asian violence—with historic roots
If ferocity against law-abiding citizens doesn’t quality as anti-American terrorism, the term needs rethinking.
Elizabeth Warren says she will ban oil and gas drilling on public lands if...
"It is wrong to prioritize corporate profits over the health and safety of our local communities."
Despite Terrorism Fears, 59 Percent of Americans Welcome Syrian and Iraqi Refugees (Videos)
Millennial youth and Democrats are generally twice as favorable to taking in or otherwise helping refugees from the Syria and Iraq Wars as Republicans, and Trump Republicans are the least charitable toward them of all.
North Korea Confirms its First Hydrogen Nuclear Bomb Test
North Korean government has stated that the 5.1 magnitude quake event was a successful hydrogen nuclear bomb test.
Two elections, one apartheid state
As we watch this round of voting in Israel, let’s remember that only 30 percent of Palestinians living under Israeli rule have the right to vote.
Gitmo’s shameful twentieth anniversary
The U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base reached its shameful 20th anniversary of operations on January 11 — with a...