True colors: Red, white, black & blue
People need to know where their country is heading—an indictment of the U.S. voting against the UN resolution opposing the glorification of Nazi ideology.
Feeling out the Bern, postelection
Bernie Sanders has spent his life fighting for progressive causes. As the world braces for the Trump presidency, Sanders shows no signs of slowing down.
We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe—who gains by ignoring it?
Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart.
Trump’s Trojan horse tax cut
Using the promise of middle-class tax cuts as a Trojan horse for a tax windfall for the rich and deep spending cuts is a tactic dating back to the Reagan administration.
Through the GOP, the wealthy are waging war on the old
Dignity, health, and security are endangered by this war on the elderly — a war that must be resisted.
Is Violent Change Inevitable in Ethiopia?
We are living in unprecedented times, times of tremendous opportunity and potential change; out of step with the times the days are numbered for regimes like the EPRDF – it is a question of when they collapse – not if.
Our responsibility after Trump’s climate withdrawal
Trump follows previous U.S. presidents who have undermined climate action: The only path to climate justice is people power.
From Tucker Carlson to Epik, mainstreaming hate and paranoia for profit
From the Great Replacement theory to anti-mask and anti-vaccination propaganda, the far right is finding niches that allow them to draw ever larger numbers of people to their reactionary, anti-science views.
In a lost universe (with you know who)
Donald Trump's election would give the phrase “hot-button issue” a genuinely new meaning. (And believe me, I’m already sweating!)
Guns and liberty
Gun ownership in the United States, largely criminalized for poor people of color, is a potent tool of oppression.