How storied artist Mel Chin’s ‘constant revolution’ is tackling humanity’s environmental challenges
For this MacArthur fellow, art is a powerful tool for addressing complex environmental issues.
India and the future of the planet
India’s economic and energy production model is not a threat to the world, but it is a threat to India itself, particularly its most marginalized people.
How the U.S. started a cold war with Russia and left Ukraine to fight...
The United States and Russia must also finally assume the responsibility that comes with stockpiling over 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, and agree on a plan to start dismantling them, in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
In or out of power, with no positive agenda in sight, today’s rightwing flunks...
Still undetermined: the degree to which this Cult Leader will sabotage his own hijacked party’s chances in the mid-term.
How union drives in Mexico help workers on both sides of the border
These are vital, promising steps under the USMCA, which requires Mexico to enforce the labor rights needed to lift up workers there and, in turn, level the playing field for workers north of the border.
The 10 happiest countries in the world 2021; why isn’t America one of them?
America, quite likely, will never rise to #1 or even be in the top 10 happiest as long as there is so much animosity and divisiveness in its society.
Bob Dylan and the Ukraine crisis
In recent days, media coverage of a possible summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has taken on almost wistful qualities, as though the horsemen of the apocalypse are already out of the barn.
How does the majority rule without a functional majority? Or defeat the tyranny of...
Majority rule is both a rational philosophy, honoring the universality of human dignity, plus the core western political value for decision-making.
From the kingpins of private equity, a new dagger to democracy
Profit maximizing in the newspaper industry is corroding the knowledge base that sustains government by the people.
The keep Africa poor and dependent project
Western powers (dried-up imperial forces) do not want Africa and Africans to flourish and become strong, this is clear to all.









