The slow-motion equivalent of a nuclear war?
A "new Cold War" on an ever-hotter planet
Keeping cattle on public land is bad for people, cows, wildlife, and the planet
The U.S. beef industry is destroying the American Wild West and worsening the climate crisis.
Elected Democrats are conformist enablers of Biden for 2024
Alarm bells among pro-Biden pundits have finally begun to break the political sound barrier. So why is it quiet on Capitol Hill on the Democratic front?
Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”
Artificial intelligence: profit versus freedom
As with previous technological breakthroughs, AI places on society’s agenda both new issues and old contentious ones.
Biden is the latest president to tout the Vietnam War as proud history
Efforts to portray the U.S. government’s military actions as well-meaning and virtuous are incessant. The pretenses that falsify the past are foreshadowing excuses for future warfare.
The climate march, Joe Biden, and AOC’s dubious endorsement
Jeff Cohen discusses the inspiring march and AOC’s rousing speech at the rally—but ends with respectful questions about AOC’s orientation toward Biden and her endorsement of his re-election.
Confessions of a besieged Trumper
Only patriots with righteous causes/ Defy bad laws, like daring outlaws.
Trump’s ever more bonkers alibi charade parade to escape jail
"Maybe, just maybe, before I die I will admit the real truth: the Devil made me do it.”
Why is Kaiser Permanente engaging in corporate Kabuki?
Ahead of a potentially historic strike, a major nonprofit health care provider seems to be choosing corporate values over worker rights—and by extension, patient care.