What is the World? Who are We? What are We Going to do About...
We are better people, individually and collectively, when we reject hubris and embrace humility, and we stand a better chance of making real progress when we better understand the world and our place in it.
War within war: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘we don’t want to fight Turkey, but...
Iraq demands that the Turkish troops withdraw from the country, terming them “occupation forces.”
Africa’s last colony: Repression and nonviolent resistance in occupied Western Sahara
The Sahrawi people are undeterred in their nonviolent struggle for self-determination.
Biden’s Israel policy has led us to the brink of war on Iran
How Biden's unconditional support for Israel's expanding war with its neighbors has brought the United States to the brink of war with Iran.
‘What, to the American Slave, Is Your 4th of July?’
Frederick Douglass told a crowd gathered in Rochester, N.Y., on July 5, 1852 that to slaves the white man's celebration of the Fourth of July is a "sham." And today, the gross injustice and cruelty he was talking about are still existent.
The Volcanic Core Fueling the 2016 Election
A paradox has arisen among people in the United States. Believe it or not, people are trying to make up their minds between voting for Sanders and Trump in the 2016 election.
Is Earth close to ‘the great dying’?
The climate emergency is here. We can’t wait any longer for major and dramatic worldwide action.
The undemocratic reality of capitalism
Democracy is about “one person, one vote”—the notion that we all have an equal say in the decisions that affect us. That is not what we have now.
A potentially world-ending president
(Though who even notices?)
Best antidote to GOP-Trumpery: ‘Make America happy, again’
“Make America Great Again” is fast becoming the most infamous, ironic, fake promise ever made – as misery abounds. Trump showed that fear-mongering fixations work short-term; let’s try happiness-mongering.