Why capitalism relies on nature and care work it does not pay for
Modern economies depend on unpriced ecosystem functions and undervalued care and reproductive labor—essential inputs that are difficult to commodify. This tension helps explain environmental degradation, social strain, and the limits of market systems.
Learning from history, if we dare
To leverage and learn from humanity’s history regarding what fostered sustainability in the past, we need to know the outcomes.
The public’s viewpoint: Regulations are protections
When you hear Regulations are Protections for the Public, think of the details and the consequences. Go beyond the words. Act positively.
Two deranged blowhards walk into a bar . . . pontificate like know-it-alls ....
The horror exceeds whether Trump is stupid, ignorant, senile and/or fixated, even locked into failed “instinctual” responses. What matters is the damage done from MAGA recklessness before being defanged, decommissioned, impeached or exiled.
LBJ launches Medicare: ‘You can’t treat grandma this way’
Yes, our health system is broken, but broken systems can be fixed – not easily, but they can be fixed.
What will it take to end Trump’s ICE raids?
Our reliance on armed agents of the state has led to fascism. The only way out is to abolish policing and militarism.
How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.
Why the election represented an unprecedented exercise in democracy
Besides trusted leaders, what Americans need is greater solidarity...
Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective defies unlawful ‘no trespass’ order
History will record this as a key turning point in U.S.-Venezuela relations, U.S. violation of a key tenet of international law and most of all, as a heroic example of U.S. citizens doing everything in their power to try to stop a U.S.-orchestrated coup.
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.