Voices for Change

At a time when the Alt-Right is boasting of being a Trump constituency, it should be remembered that the white far right kills far more Americans in terrorist attacks, but no one discriminates against white people on that basis.

Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.

A new report, "Body Count", asserts that up to 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first 10 years of the so-called war on terror. When will the cost of war be too much even for the people making money off of it?

This year’s Venice Biennale, called “All the World’s Futures,” showcases a growing community of politically engaged artists, who not only reflect the beauty and brutality of the world, but might actually change it.

We pretend that we are a fair and equal culture. And yet we let rampant greed take over.

If DeSantis only broke more laws, / He’d be as popular as Santa Claus.

Because corporations have used our resources to develop technologies that are gradually reducing the need for human involvement, and because all of us have contributed to our national productivity, either directly or through our parents and grandparents, we all deserve to benefit.

Welfare in the U.S. flows vertically in two directions from a single source—the middle-class. The redistribution of wealth that flows up to the rich is far greater and more concentrated than the wealth that flows down to the poor. This is a major problem.

The good, if grim news about Trump and Gianforte is how readily exposed are their moral, legal and leadership defects – already instant late-night laughing stocks for having acted scandalously without penalty (so far).

“How do we explore these rights for transgender folks in a way that does not undermine the rights of women or people of color?”