On April 11, 2002, there was an attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez’s democratically elected government in Venezuela. Chavez had prioritized programs…
On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance. The 830-mile border between Finland and Russia…
In just a few words — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the…
As we hurtle towards an increasingly uncertain future because of the climate crisis that we humans have caused, a debate is intensifying…
Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and…
When I excitedly shared the news on social media that Indonesia had refused to host the Israeli team as part of the…
The Tennessee House of Representatives, dominated by a Republican supermajority, voted yesterday to expel two Black Democratic legislators who had participated in…
Just when one starts to think, there really is nothing more to say about conspiracy theories – or better, conspiracy fantasies as…
For two consecutive nights this week, during the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli military stormed Al-Aqsa mosque. They entered the mosque…
Degrowth is a vague term. On the one hand, Degrowth arouses fear of personal impoverishment. On the other hand, Degrowth encompasses a…
“The biggest job in getting any movement off the ground is to keep together the people who form it. This task requires…
As millions celebrate Holy Week and Passover this week, many clergy and lay activists will be delving into their own faith traditions…
Among the handful of neurologically impaired patients in Judy Danella’s care one day in March 2023 were three so ill that they…
Between now and May 5th, the Florida legislature will vote to codify Governor Ron DeSantis’ proposal to end funding for college diversity…
The odds are against us. That is the bottom line in the latest IPCC report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
The phrase ‘fake news’ continues to be deployed routinely in US politics. In a polarized political atmosphere, both Republicans and Democrats distrust…
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a brilliant Op-Ed published…
It’s Budget Season in DC and the swamp is in full bloom. Republicans refuse to offer a budget. Why is that? After…
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), a UN agency with climatologists from over 70 counties included) has just come out with…
Last Thursday, a Congressional hearing took place where the TikTok CEO was grilled for five hours on the grounds of “security concerns.”…
By his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe”. This declaration, which he made on January 16,…
What a state we’re in! The lowest point of the left since the 1950s. The Joe Biden visit proves it. Green Party…
“Chief Drake said it was too early to discuss a possible motive for the shooting, though he confirmed that the attack was targeted.…
Imagine we were to assemble in one massive stadium everyone who favors changing societies to attain political, economic, and social justice for…
For three days, 30,000 education workers struck the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest in the nation. Bus drivers, special…
We’re experiencing disastrous climatic events because we treat the land – metaphorically speaking – like dirt. Nature’s ecosystems regulate climate. In turn,…
The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up…
Capitalism, Marx said, is unceasingly prone to crisis. His observation applies as much to financial capital as to industrial capital, as the…
Early in March the sixteenth largest bank in the United States with more than $200 billion in assets experienced a sudden collapse…
The announcement by Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus marked a further escalation of…
Reading Bridget Meehan’s moving conundrum about voting in a society where no candidate who represented your convictions has ever stood for any…
Back in November 2022, I was watching the night time news. The headline story was the G20 leaders’ summit taking place in…
Having just observed the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, the United States Senate is currently considering S. 316, a…
The scene of Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-Li, along with other Israeli delegates, being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African…
While dread of nuclear war between Russia and NATO states over Ukraine have reached new heights, especially in Europe, a second U.S.…
The title, The Old Folks Home at the College, is from a song lyric. I bet you can guess, or know, the author.…
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for Rome on March 9, he was flown to Ben Gurion airport in…
The United States and its coalition partners launched the Iraq War in March 2003, and twenty years later pundits and participants alike…
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.” So screamed the character Howard Beale in the 1976 movie…
The following warning should be affixed atop every computer in America’s schools: Proceed at your own risk. Don’t accept as true what you’re…
Perhaps it’s coincidence, or perhaps it has been of my own subconscious making, but there has been a community of people right…
The Mounting Danger Tensions on the Korean peninsula have reached a new level of intensity. North Korea’s foreign ministry issued a statement…
Thirty-three years after Germany’s re-unification in 1990, many people still see a divided Germany. They see West-Germany and East-Germany with East-Germany being…
In a hypothetical race to claim the mantle of biggest threat to humanity, nuclear war, ecological catastrophe, rising authoritarianism, and new pandemics…
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen As…
As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge,…
This is from one of the people I’m least likely to bother quoting: “We need a national divorce. . . From the sick…
The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran…
March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of…
If you’re old enough to remember the slogan “War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things,” then you’re old enough…
