Nuclear weapons: Barbaric tools of insecurity
Sustainable security is not created through threats and the cultivation of fear, but by building relationships, cooperating and establishing trust.
Trump crashing, his supporters agonizing, the Republican Party imploding
When in the world is he finally going to be indicted? Ever or never?
Extorting Ukraine is bad enough
Recently a friend who follows the news a bit less obsessively than I do said, “I thought George W. Bush was bad,...
Opinion: First thoughts on Trump-era science
Stanford researchers Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer suggestions on coping in a world where science suddenly feels devalued.
Watch Bernie Sanders’ full speech in Philadelphia: The future of American democracy is at...
"Why are we the only major country on Earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people? Why are we the only major country not to have paid family and medical leave?"
Will the Trump administration move to use space weapons?
“What the U.S. is up to will destabilize the world.”
Media need to scrutinize Andrew Cuomo’s record, not crush on his words
It’s hard not to grasp for heroic leaders in a time of crisis, but heroes don’t talk about love and compassion while sacrificing the most vulnerable—and it’s media’s job to expose that hypocrisy, not swoon under Andrew Cuomo’s spell.
The White House pushed FEMA to give its biggest coronavirus contract to a company...
The Trump administration has rushed through more than $760 million in contracts outside the usual bidding process during its haphazard coronavirus response. It’s highly unusual for the White House to step into FEMA’s supply bidding process.
It’s North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, not Trump, who forced the US to the negotiating...
Credit where credit's due.
The long ordeal of whistleblower Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning is expected to be released on May 17.