Wednesday, February 11, 2026

States are doing a terrible job enforcing laws meant to protect farmed animals

Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering for sentient beings.

Ethiopia: Assailed by terrorists and betrayed by the West

Aided by mainstream western media, they have spread misinformation and lies about the situation inside Ethiopia.

Why are young working-class men more ‘conservative’?

It’s not just about women’s increasing power and independence—it’s about capitalism failing us all.
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Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the US became an oligarchy that makes war...

Chris Hedges talks with Noam Chomsky on the state of affairs in America and hope for the future.

Ethiopia: TPLF terrorism expands, civilians massacred

The conflict in Ethiopia is getting predictably more brutal. Distressing.

How Trump’s immigration dragnet harms all US workers

In all, the nation has so far lost more than a million foreign-born workers amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Indigenous and environmental defenders risk their lives as the last line protecting the planet

Indigenous leaders, farmers, and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence, and legal threats while defending land, water, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability.

2021 update: Half of America in or near poverty

The facts and numbers from numerous sources reflect the reality of deprivation in America, and help to confirm what has been called the "sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s."

Medea Benjamin: Pink-Slipping Hillary

A Hillary Clinton presidency would symbolically break the glass ceiling for women in the United States, but it would be unlikely to break through the military-industrial complex that has been keeping our nation in a perpetual state of war — killing people around the world, plenty of them women and children.

The triumphant politics of surfaces, blockading real knowledge, feeding victimhood, outlawry and corruption 

The Trump mania for gold-veneer, pompous arches or mammoth ballrooms speaks to his surface obsession, with crass showiness allergic to democratic values, nailed with this brilliant take-down “Trump’s Dictator Chic.”