28 Nov, 2018
The demonic suction tube
“Suddenly America’s political cauldron bubbles with hope and possibility — not just because the Democrats have won races across the...
26 Nov, 2018
The Time Is Up. The Time Is Now. An Essay of the Man from the North
“The time is up. The time is now. Gather the people to do the work: the healing, transformative, deepening work...
21 Nov, 2018
Why are we allowing Yemen to starve?
“Some have dubbed the Yemeni civil war “the forgotten war.” It seems more intentionally ignored. It is a humanitarian crisis...
18 Nov, 2018
Lurching Toward Catastrophe: The Trump Administration and Nuclear Weapons
“In July 2017, by a vote of 122 to 1, with one abstention, nations from around the world attending a...
18 Nov, 2018
Look to the right for corruption
“When I was growing up a long time ago there was a presumption of prudential integrity for politicians. Yes, I...
17 Nov, 2018
The Red-Blue divide: Why beating ‘em is better than joining ‘em
“Unless I am in a particularly peaceful mood, I tend to scoff at the idea of building bridges between Democrats...
16 Nov, 2018
A Revolution of Democracy – An Essay of the Man from the North
“[Editor’s note: The Man from the North is a fictional character from Rivera Sun’s first series of novels. She has...
15 Nov, 2018
The new abnormal
“Thousand Oaks, California: a city torn apart by wildfire and gunfire. Both are unnatural disasters…” Robert C. Koehler Published in:...
13 Nov, 2018
After the Vote – An Essay of the Man from the North
“The Vote – the beloved, abused, scorned, corrupted, stolen, hijacked, pointless, profound, hopeful, depressing, hard-won, cherished vote – is not...
13 Nov, 2018
Hillary Clinton’s Defeat Became a Pink Wave
“This year Cambridge Scholar Publishers issued a book edited by Barry University professor Laura Finley and me, Trumpism: The Politics...
12 Nov, 2018
Mid-Term electoral progress & setbacks— Women, Native Americans, Muslims
“It is clear after these past mid-terms we need the United Nations to monitor our national elections to make certain...
9 Nov, 2018
Activists Looking Beyond Midterm Elections
“Since Donald Trump’s selection as president two years ago, a growing movement of citizens has been fighting back at what...
9 Nov, 2018
Armistice Day First
“It gets harder to commemorate World War I, because of time and the public’s embrace of, or indifference to, a...
8 Nov, 2018
Myths on Race and Invasion of the ‘Caravan Horde’
“Now comes the mid-term elections. Perhaps what is most astonishing for me, as both an anthropologist and educator, is the...
7 Nov, 2018
The issues that won’t go away
“How much real change manifested itself in the 2018 midterms? How deeply does the outcome reflect the American soul? Apparently,...