Donald Trump in the White House
It is difficult at this point to know how Trump will govern since so many of his campaign pledges were contradictory or impossible.
Are Private Schools Better than Public?
Our public school system may be the best in the world. However, poverty, coupled with the fact that the people in charge are ignoring facts and turning instead to the corporate profit-seekers, is debilitating to the system.
Mosul on my mind
What it really means to be on a “flattening” planet.
Amazon buys out Whole Foods Market
The Brave New Future of Amazon's electronic, robotic Whole Foods Market tells us we're living in the corporatized version of "1984."
Trump hides behind the storm
As Hurricane Harvey raged, the president tried to use the disaster as cover. It may have worked.
Jeff Sessions sets back the clock
How low can he go? And how far back can this Attorney General take us?
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project
Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.
Extreme life
Or World War III (IV and V), climate-style.
In the age of Trumpian reaction, is MLK’s legacy to the 99 percent being...
This is why we need the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., today more than ever.
‘Proud Partners’ Corporatize Our Parks
Why are our presidents so good at praising America's national park system, but lousy at maintaining it? Now Park Service officials have begun the "corporatization" process starting with "co-branding" agreements with national parks.