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Like most of America’s wars in West Asia, the current joint U.S.-Israel attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran is about securing…
“While technological successes are celebrated, the social fabric is progressively eroded, as if by a silent virus.” — Pope Leo XIV The artificial…
On May 1, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing additional sanctions on Cuba. Trump said, “We will be taking it…
One of the more troubling and counterproductive phenomena taking place in today’s digital landscape is the rise of the online pundit. On…
When Mel Mandy gave birth to her first child twenty-five years ago, the doctor told her off for smoking while pregnant. Her…
Tourism workers in Southern California just won a historic battle for the highest minimum wage in the nation—a perfect counterpoint to the…
The climate crisis is worsening many of the economic and social inequalities already faced by women and girls, making it harder to…
Cuba has been under a U.S. trade embargo since the Eisenhower administration, although it was President John F. Kennedy who implemented a…
From teachers to the mothers searching for the forcibly disappeared, Mexico will be holding numerous, massive protests against the 2026 Men’s World…
I was recently surveying my computer’s contents and I came across the text of a book I had written over a half…
“Defining Trumpism, defeating Trump” is based on talks given by Paul Le Blanc in Potsdam, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Mannheim, during a May…
Introduction: A Tradition That Forgot Itself I write these essays not as an enemy of the left but as someone who believes…
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.—The crowd grew restless at Brookhaven Town Hall on Long Island as residents voiced their concerns about groundwater contamination from a…
Imagine a future in which everyone enjoys high levels of wellbeing; where 90% of the world’s population doubles their income but works…
In 1895, Theodor Herzl wrote in his diary that the penniless population of Palestine must be “spirited across the border,” discreetly and…
I am writing this text with the Americas and Europe in mind, but the phenomena I analyze apply, with modifications, to other…
For those unfamiliar with the intricate machinery of Israeli politics, the unanimous 110-0 vote to dissolve the Knesset on May 20 appears…
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has for the moment turned international attention away from Gaza as Israel moves from high- to low-intensity…
California Governor Jerry Brown was an eloquent early spokesperson for the urgent necessity of responding to climate change during his first two terms in…
More than 15 years ago, the Supreme Court removed limits on corporate political spending in its notorious Citizens United decision, ushering in…
