9 Dec, 2016
In the meadow we can build a straw man
“Yes, it’s that time again, there’s a chill in the air and snow on the ground and a we’ll soon...
9 Dec, 2016
8 Dec, 2016
An Open Letter to the Harry Potter generation: Now is the time for young Gryffindors to resist Trumpdemort!
“When my son and I were reading the Harry Potter books together, in 2009-10, I had told him that the...
4 Dec, 2016
Nuclear Weapons Modernization: a New Nuclear Arms Race? Who Voted for it? Who Will Benefit from It?
“When General John Hyten recently assumed his post as the new head of U.S. Strategic Command, he and observers listed...
3 Dec, 2016
Food Politics: The GMO Conspiracy
“One of the longest-standing tricks of the corporate trade is to produce an item that is dangerous, breakable, or soon...
2 Dec, 2016
Focus on the Silver Lining
“The election is over and Trump won. In a country with a sane election system, he would not have, but...
30 Nov, 2016
White evangelicals are fading, powerful, baffling
“Overwhelmingly, 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump — a twice-divorced vulgarian who calls women “pigs” and “slobs,”...
27 Nov, 2016
Standing Rock: Determining President Obama’s Legacy to All Americans
“President Obama’s election was not only the remarkable once-in-a-lifetime event that many of us who remember the Civil Rights Movement…”...
27 Nov, 2016
The Treaty of Tlatelolco: Giving thanks to our Latin American neighbors toward a world free of nuclear weapons
“Americans gathered around their Thanksgiving tables this week reflecting on what they were thankful for this past year. There was...
27 Nov, 2016
Bending the Arc
“Maybe this much is true. Donald Trump, pseudo-president-elect, loser of the real election, charismatic stump-speech populist whose actual ability…” Robert...
25 Nov, 2016
Read my apocalypse: Dead reckoning
“The Ship of State—especially that of the United States—may have begun as a lithe and limber craft back in the...
25 Nov, 2016
President Obama Must Act Now on DAPL
“Thanksgiving has come and gone, with millions of Americans stuffing their faces, watching parades and football…” Laura Finley Published in:...
23 Nov, 2016
Countering Hate and Discrimination
“Many people in the United States are expressing concern over the rise of hatred, hate crimes, bigotry, racism, sexism, and...
22 Nov, 2016
When Darkness Meets Light
“I am not sure anyone who was not here at Standing Rock could fully grasp the magnitude of inhumanity…” Dena...
22 Nov, 2016
Torture Charges against the US Considered by International Criminal Court
“US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the International...
21 Nov, 2016
The National Interest and the Trump Interest
“As the Trump administration takes shape, one fact seems unassailable: We have an unprecedented situation in which, step by step,...