Follow Alabama’s lead on child care
If one of our poorest states can rise to meet this basic human need, why can’t Congress?
The quandary of contraries in human nature – half problem-solving genius, half destroyer of...
If we do not find common ground, then the ground of being on which we depend will dissolve.
Exasperated by Netanyahu, France Prepares to Recognize Palestinian State
The French parliament urged recognition of Palestine in a vote in 2014. Sweden has recognized Palestine and a number of other European countries have raised the Palestinian mission in their capitals to the rank of full embassy.
Looming fascism and the question of hope
Let’s make the most of it, no matter how much hope we have. What we need most of all is not optimism, but determination.
Similar to Biden, NATO is aged and unfit for leadership
NATO’s 75th anniversary is an opportune time to take stock of NATO’s outdated world view and violations of international law.
Recalling the hundreds of thousands of civilian victims of America’s endless ‘war on terror’
It’s time we as a nation gave some thought to and did some penance for all those civilian deaths and combatant deaths as we remember 9-11.
The next subprime loan crisis
Wall Street is siphoning billions of investment dollars into high-risk, subprime auto loans.
Jimmy Carter told Trump how to put America first, but will he do it?
If Trump really wants to put America first in his second term, he would do well to remember Carter's advice.
Testing Republican values
Progress towards the individual security of Americans and towards coordinated global achievement must continue.
What’s the point of satire anymore?
How can anyone satirize a presidency that gleefully flaunts its own awfulness every day?