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The Global Future Hinges on Holding Israel Accountable for Its Crimes in Gaza

Should Netanyahu's actions succeed in normalizing genocide in the 21st century, this horrific crime could become a sanctioned political strategy...

yesterday 1

Ramzy Baroud

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism as a Good Thing

While there was little doubt before as to where Trump stood on democracy and human decency, he has made it clear with his decision to designate...

yesterday 5

C.j. Polychroniou

The Republican Shutdown is a Threat to Social Security

While Republicans are saying they don’t want a shutdown, their actions show otherwise.

yesterday 6

Nancy J. Altman

Children Are in the Crosshairs of Trump and McMahon's Attack on Public Education

The pair's efforts to return education to the states appear motivated not by improving educational outcomes, but by creating tax breaks for the...

yesterday 3

Andrew Kordik

From Paul Wellstone to Charlie Kirk: What It Means to 'Politicize' a Memorial Service

Republicans appear to be paying no price for turning the Kirk event into a right-wing, Christian nationalist, white supremacist MAGA political rally.

yesterday 1

Peter Dreier

Stop Trump and His Supreme Court From Tightening the Circle of Personhood

The right-wing Supreme Court, in rulings on Trump administration policies, has done its best to murder what's left of civil rights in the United...

previous day 8

Rebecca Gordon

Do Americans Really Want to Live in a Militarized City?

While Trump bulldozes his way to enforce his anti-crime agenda, American cities are slowly becoming under military rule as we continue to lose our...

previous day 10

Alexanderia Haidara

Racial Profiling Betrays What It Means to Be American

The US Constitution does not permit government agents to detain people because of how they look, the language they speak, or the jobs they hold.

previous day 3

Raja Krishnamoorthi

The White House Wages War at Home

Trump is a King George of the modern era, testing constitutional limits and mobilizing the coercive power of the state against the citizenry.

previous day 3

George Cassidy Payne

Has Sen Schumer Learned Costly Lessons in the Federal Spending Fight?

With very few opportunities for the minority party to make a difference, Schumer and Senate Democrats now must hold strong to stand up for everyday...

previous day 3

Wenonah Hauter

Shopping Differently Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Large companies like BP have taught us to track what we buy, and take responsibility for what we do with the stuff we buy, so that they won’t have...

previous day 2

Michael-Brownstein1

Sailing to Stop a Genocide: When People Act After Governments Fail

All the governments of the world seem to be waiting for a completed arson investigation before they put out the fire, so the Global Sumud Flotilla...

thursday 10

Mark Milinich

Why I Am Joining the People’s Hunger Strike for Gaza

I have joined the hunger strike in grief at the annihilation of Gaza, and to protest the use of my tax dollars to transform the Gaza Strip into a...

thursday 10

Nancy Murray

Trump's Designation of Antifa as Domestic Terror Is Legal Nonsense

Trump and his minions do not have the constitutional or statutory authority to create a terrorist designation pertaining to an amorphous political...

thursday 2

Lauren Regan

Donald Trump Is a First Amendment Hatchet Man

The fate of the First Amendment won’t be up to Brendan Carr or Donald Trump. It will be up to the American people.

thursday 1

Steven Harper

Can We Design a Green Transition That Doesn't Turbocharge Extraction?

Policies that promote alternatives to car use, reduce sprawl, encourage more compact batteries, and require recycling would all reduce the scale of...

thursday 4

Thea Riofrancos

Before It Even Began, This Year’s UNGA Revealed Its Bias Toward Israel

Despite a theme centered on peace and a strong commitment to safeguarding fundamental human rights, this year’s session is already exhibiting deep...

thursday 1

Caitlin Scialla

The Sumud of Direct Nonviolent Action

The Gaza-bound flotilla's nonviolent direct action requires strength and steadfastness. It is an active resistance to decades of injustice from an...

24.09.2025 10

Fatima Hendricks

Wall Street’s Deregulation Agenda Will Cost Everyday Americans Everything

The Trump administration has gutted key financial regulators, eliminated services and protections, and eviscerated oversight and enforcement,...

24.09.2025 1

Samuel Molina

Rain Barrels at the End of the World

I can’t keep Donald Trump from building up ICE as a paramilitary goon squad or stop the polar ice caps from melting, but I can do my best not to...

24.09.2025 1

Frida Berrigan

Dissent for a Democratic Revival

If hope is to survive these dark and dangerous times, the scattered majority cannot afford to lose its democratic voice.

24.09.2025 1

Robert Ivie

Trump Tells the UN He Does Not Like the UN

The United Nations is running short of funds, partly but not solely because of the United States.

24.09.2025 1

Evelyn Leopold

What Is (the) Left to Do? 400 Days and Counting

As the midterms approach, two paths to making history should be taken simultaneously and with the urgency that our predicament compels.

24.09.2025 1

Marv Waterstone

Stop Red-Baiting Zohran Mamdani on Housing

Does Zohran Mamdani represent the second coming of Stalin for New York City? All the red-baiting attacks on him cannot detract from the...

24.09.2025 1

Chris Green

Optuse Sexual Predator Approved

In honor of Friendship Month and his stupendous speech at the UN, wherein he raved, bloviated and browbeat world leaders that their countries are "...

23.09.2025 6