Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Perfect storms? From Katrina to Maria, some would profit from catastrophe

“I hate to tell you Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.” –Donald Trump in Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 3rd

Pocahontas is an inspiration, not a racial slur

If Trump were a reader of history, he might know that calling someone “Pocahontas” is actually a compliment, not an insult.

Hong Kong in the crosshairs of global power and ideological struggles

How this conflict of economic and political systems turns out depends on whether China can confront its contradictions.

Israel is committing an epic war crime with US backing and arms

Where is the U.S. peace movement and the U.S. public outrage?

The future of industrial hemp and biofuels

Hemp is a low-cost alternative to a variety of products, and when you add that introducing would go a long way to reducing climate change, there is no question that we should be using it.

Exporting MAGA Trump’s bad faith Death Trip, lashing out at defenseless foreigners as with...

Thus, the next chapter in the Trump immorality parade, manipulating US soldiers as he misuses ICE thugs or sends heavy guns to kill unknown, victimized fishermen convicted of nothing.

Escalating the War on Low-Income Families

It may not improve much next year, if House Republicans have their way.

Learn. Fight. Win.

Everytime there is another white extremist-related incident, or arrest I am reminded that the major news publications and cable networks are out...

The Real Threat to American Sovereignty

Donald Trump is right to worry about American sovereignty. But the real threat to our sovereignty isn’t imports or immigrants. It’s global money influencing our politics.