Extreme weather devastating US raises calls to pass Biden’s infrastructure bill
The infrastructure bill may not be enough to address the climate crisis; some lawmakers are urging the president to declare a national emergency.
Complacency rules: Consumerism and the environment
Complacency and the refusal to change individual behavior and collective ways of living are stoking the underlying cause of the crisis—consumerism.
Insurgent extremists bet the farm, touting street terrorism, medical malpractice & law-breaking
Street violence offends the vast majority, and extremism doubles down the downside.
Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma case are reminders that the US is a failed...
The Sacklers said they wanted “global peace” from future lawsuits, and they got what they wanted. Meanwhile, in the failed narco-state they helped create, the war goes on.
Bertrand Russell and Ban the Bomb
Bertrand Russell's keen insights into the destructive potential of a nuclear war drove him to campaign for the complete elimination of these weapons of mass horror.
Is billionaire philanthropy a sham?
America doesn’t need their charity. We need them to pay their fair share in taxes.
Afghan crisis must end America’s empire of war, corruption and poverty
The United States can either stumble on in its fruitless attempt to control the world through militarism and coercion, or it can use this opportunity to rethink its place in the world.
All bets are off as Republican democracy killers concoct ever-scarier nightmares
While Democrats work at marginal political solutions, the radical right heads for the rocks, crying “full steam ahead.”
No one should listen to Tony Blair on Afghanistan, here’s why
The former Prime Minister has no conscience at all and feels no guilt for all those maimed and lost in his wars of choice.
The real socialism in America isn’t what you think
It’s more socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.