Friday, May 3, 2024

The vision and legacy of Berta Cáceres

An interview with Berta Zúñiga Cáceres and Laura Zúñiga Cáceres.

How Bernie can be a hope and change president

If Democrats are looking for Obama 2.0—an inspirational figure with the drawing power of a rockstar celebrity and a mass, multiracial movement behind him—they've found it.

10 ways movements can encourage and support whistleblowers

Whistleblowing poses a serious threat to power, privilege and the continuation of anti-democratic or authoritarian practices.

Impeached: Notes on the travesty that passed for a trial

The word “outrageous” comes to mind.

DOT suspends a Trump administration rule allowing liquified natural gas transport by rail

The suspension of the federal rule will remain in effect until either DOT passes a replacement rule that governs LNG by rail, or June 30, 2025 before LNG transport by rail can resume.

House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not the people or...

"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."

The next US-North Korea summit

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are scheduled to meet again. Here are several reasons to be optimistic about next month’s summit.

Iran wags impeachment dog

Trump is blustering at Iran and to the world that we might just need to crush that pipsqueak terror country.

Chief Obama trade negotiator: “We can get the votes” for TPP

“I don’t see how anyone could believe there was integrity in this process.”

Insurgency, ethnic cleansing and democracy in Myanmar

Myanmar’s transition from military to civilian government demonstrates that building even a severely curtailed representative democracy with respect for minority rights is a hard task.