Monday, November 9, 2026

What to expect from COP27 in Egypt’s police state: an interview with Sharif Abdel...

As tens of thousands of delegates – from world leaders to climate activists and journalists – descend on Sharm el-Sheik from all over the world, we asked Egyptian Journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous to give us his thoughts about the state of Egypt today.

Community schools can revitalize the neighborhoods around them

The transformative approach to school improvement is a catalyst for community revival.
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Why we must legalize marijuana

Legalizing, taxing, and regulating is good for the economy and creates jobs.

The Billionaire Bankrolling the Latest Trade Deal Push

A corporate-backed study says the latest Washington trade scam will raise incomes — but for whom?

Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire

As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.

50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president

Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.

Backers of endless war deplore that many Trump supporters favor using violence

Are some of Trump’s true believers are eager to adapt the violent precepts of perpetual war to American politics?

What matters is what happens next, not ‘what happened’

“Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.”