Thursday, July 9, 2026

The Catonsville nine, 50 years later

"What are your future plans?" "Resistance!"

Union-Made Miracle on the Hudson

From Captain Sully to the ferry crews, it's union-trained workers who saved the passengers on Flight 1549.

Imperial hypocrisy of the US-China climate talks

So while the U.S. pushes China to do more, it also strategically undermines its efforts. 

Regulation repeals show ‘the swamp’ is rising

Never mind what Trump and the Republicans in Congress say, this is what they do.

50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president

Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.

Capital Punishment? A Dead Policy Walking

Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, even though there were no eyewitnesses, nor fingerprints. Was he a victim of bias and racism?

Announcing Bernie or Bust 2.0: Electoral warriors for the Green New Deal

We need a populist GND – championed by a principled populist like Sanders – to sweep today’s criminally insane Republicans (whom Biden likes so much) into the dustbin of history.

Princes of peace? Jared Kushner, MBZ and the Abraham Accords

Considering the widespread worry that other countries might want to influence the upcoming American election, it might be worth mentioning how much the UAE has given to Donald Trump over the years, most recently through his son in law.