Reconsidering criminal punishment
We know that the prison system is expensive to maintain and not particularly effective. So what are other solutions to crime?
What the Pentagon doesn’t want you to know about China
Deliberate lies about China to drum up justification for more U.S. war spending needs to be urgently addressed.
Eight reasons why Marco Rubio would be a disastrous Secretary of State
The many reasons why Trump's nomination of Senator Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State is a disastrous choice for America and the world.
Some early lessons from the war in Ukraine
"We will not give up, and we will not lose. We will fight till the end — at sea, in the air, we will continue fighting for our land whatever the cost. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets."
The two decades that created our world’s first mass middle class
If we take on our rich, we can recreate that success.
Only one last ‘Christian’* vote? But there’s a silver lining
Forget whether outcomes are legit, / Now ended by mobs with holy writ.
When fear comes
The coming arrests mean that a wide range of Americans will experience the violations that poor people of color have long endured.
Breaking things: A proposal of resistance
A proposal of resistance seeking people to think about what can be done, and what is required from local governments to response to the viciousness and brutality of ICE and other federal agents occupying our cities and towns.
Why Are We Taxpayers Subsidizing Corporate Crime?
America's laws help deter corporate crime and force victims to help subsidize criminals. It's shameful that the corporate-financed lawmakers legalize such criminality. Are corporate-coddling judges now playing the same disgraceful game?
Inhumane, criminal: What the US Congress is refusing to do for desperate Americans
While Americans are suffering, these politicians in the Senate don’t lack for anything. In this Congress more than half of its members are millionaires.