A New Year wish for Donald Trump
Happy New Year, Mr. Trump. You have 20 days in which to learn how to act as a president.
Silent partners
The strange alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia
Trump initiates a political inquisition; the GOP attacks America’s most important social programs
If the Republicans do exactly what they are threatening to do, instead of working to solve America’s most critical problems, then they will be laying the groundwork for their political extinction.
In historic move, China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
More than 20,000 elephants were killed for their ivory last year, leaving only about 415,000 remaining.
As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up for political resistance
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir member quits rather than perform at Trump’s inauguration
“I could never ‘throw roses to Hitler.’ And I certainly could never sing for him.”
A New Year’s development resolution
As 2016 comes to an end, so should the old modes of economic thinking that have produced so much economic hardship and fueled so much tumult.
A poignant poem that encapsulates 2016
Bill Moyers shares "Starting with Black," which addresses the "urgent political and moral crisis" that we currently face.
200 DHS employees accepted nearly $15M in bribes
Responsible for guarding more than 7,000 miles of the border, customs agents and Border Patrol officers accepted the most bribes within the last ten years.
Donald Trump’s new nuclear instability
Donald Trump's finger on the nuclear trigger is a terrifying prospect.