Monday, June 23, 2025

Epigrams on the Trump slump: The nightmare fades

Justice for this disgraced messiah is conviction as pariah.

How the US has darkened the nuclear cloud over humanity

A nuclear conflagration is plausible via any one of numerous scenarios.

Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s most critical rainforests...

As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.

UN ceasefire defines war as a non-essential activity

War is a luxury that the Secretary General says we must manage without for a while.

Moneyed Elites Get Richer the Old-Fashioned Way: Stealing

Financial and political elites have been rigging the system for the enrichment of the few and the impoverishment of the many. Don't be fooled, these thieves are stealing from all of us.

Why America cannot afford to let the US Postal Service go bankrupt

The agency’s importance is growing. Come November, American democracy may depend on it.

“They’re killing us like dogs” – A massacre in Bolivia and a plea for...

Writing this dispatch from Bolivia, the conflict here is spiraling out of control and I fear it will only get worse.

Ten Ways to Make the Economy Work for the Many, Not the Few #7

American workers need a union to bargain on their behalf. Low-wage workers in big-box retail stores and fast-food chains need a union even more. If we want average Americans to get a fair share of the gains from economic growth, they need to be able to unionize.

A Farewell to Arms? Not on Your Life!

"In non-medical cases, firearms may soon cause more death than motor vehicle accidents." Guns have long been a leading cause of non-medical deaths throughout the U.S.— far more more than any other developing country. It's the scary reality.

Disaster recovery should heal, not divide, our communities

It’s time to redefine disaster recovery.