How to fix our food system
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
The scourge of Trumpism, the curse that descended upon America
Scourge: “A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment on humanity.”
Our food system is the bullseye for solving the world’s climate challenges
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
US-backed roll of the dice leaves Ukraine in worse crisis
The U.S. decision to reject peace negotiations and prolong the war have led to a brutal war of attrition that is gradually destroying Ukraine.
The rise of private cops: How not to tackle homelessness
Like many cities with a serious housing problem, Portland is increasingly relying on private security to “clean up” the human debris of capitalism.
The deadly intersection of labor exploitation and climate change
Neither the corporate media nor our politicians who are beholden to corporate lobbyists honestly address the common root causes of (and solutions to) worker exploitation and climate change.
History must record Trump’s plan for a nationwide ‘Kent State’ massacre
there are two particularly chilling passages in Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump: Both, to my mind, invoke Kent State, but on a much larger scale.
US leaders are split on China policy
China adjusts to the twists and turns in the United States’ split policy approach.
Me First
America 19th, the planet last.
Can we measure inequality without tallying the wealth of our wealthy?
Hundreds of prestigious economists don’t think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.