Biden and cluster munitions: ‘In a dark time, the eye begins to see’
President Biden’s decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine is shocking to many Americans because it has undermined illusions with no more actual solidity than sand castles before the tide of truth comes in.
Learning from history, if we dare
To leverage and learn from humanity’s history regarding what fostered sustainability in the past, we need to know the outcomes.
Republicans don’t own patriotism
True patriots don’t put loyalty to their political party above their love of America.
Must climate change dinosaurs go extinct before getting started on serious eco-energy reforms?
The entire resource/energy problem is as simple to understand as it is hard to resolve.
Why workers demand Julie Su’s confirmation as labor secretary
Americans need Su to watch their backs more than ever, especially as a growing number of workers join unions on the heels of the pandemic and advocates push for a national version of the California law protecting health care workers.
Why DeSantis won’t uproot Trump—whose charades and chaos party snubs relevant, old-style resumes
Worst of all, but telling, DeSantis has not learned the first lesson: “know thy enemy.” If not Trump, who can DeSantis beat?
The Fukushima Disaster: The hidden side of the story
Exposing the nuclear industry and its lies.
Supreme Court preserves college preferences for wealthy whites
In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites.
Making madness normal in wartime
All the talk about “heroism” and “duty” greased the wheels for slaughter.
The problem with ‘humanely raised’ poultry and eggs
Chicken producers are misleading consumers with misinformation.