One of the more troubling and counterproductive phenomena taking place in today’s digital landscape is the rise of the online pundit. On…
“A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best . . . A patriot,…
“The most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one’s interest. It is a suicide machine.” -Ronald…
A few days ago, the Supreme Court severely limited a key provision (Section 2) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which “broadly outlawed…
Recently, three events unfolded in the state of California: a foreclosure that led to the shooting death of a sheriff and the…
In 2016, my best friend, Sergio, and I opened P.A.R.C. (Politics, Art, Roots, Culture), a community and cultural center located in the…
It’s quite remarkable how unaware most liberals and Democrats are about their own party’s facilitation of Israel’s ongoing genocidal campaigns, and the…
In 2006, I returned to Northwest Indiana and reconnected with family and friends after processing out of the United States Marine Corps.…
Why do people spend so much time analyzing and documenting the seemingly never-ending horrors taking place throughout the world at the hands…
I recently came across a thoughtful article by Eric Blanc: Why Is There No Anti-War Movement in the US? As a combat veteran…
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