The troubling rise of vaccine nationalism
“No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount of money in their pocket."
Rightwing populism in a time of crisis
When the smoke clears, let’s hope the scales fall from the eyes of their supporters and the only recently growing phenomenon of rightwing, anti-science populism is consigned to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.
The myth of the rugged individual
The American dream promises that anyone can make it if they work hard enough and play by the rules. Anyone can make...
Here are some of the ways Bill O’Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America
The O’Reilly Factor is dead. But Fox will just go on polluting the airwaves.
Has the Trump stunt lasted long enough?
Waiting for 2020 is no longer a moral, functional or rational option.
As France Lifts Municipal Burkini Ban, Let’s Ask Why We Should Care What Other...
Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.
Still MIA: Decisive democratic narrative that frames a winning game plan
Right-wing hegemony won’t be dislodged until Democrats formulate a breakthrough narrative that topples cynical, predatory Trump-massaged propaganda.
Make the Rich Panic
There is no other way to rip the power away from corporate oligarchs and return it back to the people unless we take to the streets. It's time we terrify corporate power—it's time for a revolution.
How Indigenous land management practices are a blueprint for climate-resilient agriculture
As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
The Inauguration of white supremacy
Trump sees Muslim-Americans as Latinos on steroids and so even more threatening to his project of racial hierarchy.