Friday, August 21, 2026

Underfunding labor & delivery: A national disgrace that discriminates against women’s & babies’ rights...

Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?

Baby we can bomb Iran

A re-cast version of Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”

“They were so close”: Israel kills medics trying to save dying 6-year-old Hind Rajab

"It is extremely important. The life and the story of Hind should not be end in this way."

Chaos in Syria, Part I – 3 Motives and 7 Countries

What exactly has been happening in Syria in the last few years? How did we end up with millions of refugees?

Why poverty reduction under capitalism is a myth

Capitalists and their biggest fans have long argued that the system is an engine of wealth creation.

How Earth-centered education helps children learn through nature, play, and relationship

An ecological approach to learning uses outdoor play, storytelling, and shared experience to help children develop a kinship worldview—a deep recognition that living and nonliving parts of the Earth are fundamentally connected.

What are Erik Prince’s plans for the second Trump administration?

New plans from Erik Prince, a persistent figure in America’s private military complex, signal a wider push to privatize government functions in Trump’s second term.

CBS invited a war criminal to their dinner party

This is just one example of mainstream media not only refusing to ask questions of war criminals, but blatantly befriending them.

The lab mouse paradox: Why science still depends on animals who don’t represent us

Despite significant advances in human-based research, millions of mice and rats are still used in U.S. laboratories each year—at immense ethical and scientific cost.

The Trump/Newsom nuke war against renewables gets a Diablo push

Together Trump and Newsom are pushing nuclear power plants whose drastic deregulation may now rival the dangers posed by any bombs Iran could produce.