Trump wants to “renegotiate” trade deals like NAFTA. But there’s no evidence he wants to fix their corrosive impact on labor protections or environmental standards
As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos
The greenhorn president is heading down a well-worn path: see a problem, fire a missile at it.
Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into ecocide?
Why Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon?
If Trump cracks down on journalists, there might be less uproar than you’d think
The political theorist Thomas Hobbes warned in the 17th century that without the modern state and its sovereign control of territory, humanity…
Preventing the Triumph of Trumpās Will
After what Donald Trump does to the United States, Americans wonāt be able to stand tall and proud. Thatās because weāll either be short, sick, or dead
While the far right is on the march globally, there are signs progressives are stirring from their slumber
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