Wednesday, April 22, 2026

The US killer drone program stays afloat on the back of lies and Pentagon...

A wrongly targeted Afghan aid worker and his family are among the latest casualties.

Normalizing vigilantism? The American right’s reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict

“This might be interpreted across the far right as a type of permission slip to do this kind of thing or to seek out altercations in this way.”

Worshiping markets, genuflecting to grand fortune

Our conventional political wisdom, here in the United States, tends to see utopians as lefty egalitarians of one sort or another, clueless...

Russia and China’s dirty partnership

When the world's largest consumer of fossil fuels teams up with one of the world's largest suppliers, the planet is the biggest loser.

Israel’s liberal supporters are taking their denial to a new level

“Netanyahu is subverting Israel’s democracy” while advancing “a plan to completely strip the independence of Israel’s Supreme Court.”

With attack on Yemen, the US is shameless: ‘We make the rules, we break...

The United States government is the most powerful and dangerous outlaw nation in the world.

As Hillary Stalls, Where’s the Democratic Bench?

Polling indicates a nasty downward slide spotlighting all things people distrust about Hillary Clinton. So where's the Democratic relief pitcher after the starter bombs and where might this put progressives?

Ten points for Democracy activists

Take the viewpoint of the public good, not corporate profiteering.

Trump is the symptom, not the disease

Our failure to defend those who are demonized and persecuted leaves us all demonized and persecuted.

Trump’s Twitter bombs

If a president is going to pick a mess of foreign fights, wouldn't it be better not to pick them with allies?