Going Backwards
BY LAWRENCE DAVIDSON Photograph Source: Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos – CC BY 2.0 Several years ago I went to a small conference in Washington, D.C., and sat in on a lecture on “a new era of […]
Category: USA
Does America Need an Emmett Till Moment for Mass School Shootings?
Decades ago, photos of Emmett Till’s murdered body galvanized action for civil rights. Could disturbing images do the same for gun control? MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN In the days since the Uvalde shooting, media outlets have shared heartbreaking […]
10 Negative Consequences of Boundless US Militarism and Imperialism
By connecting our struggles and building mass movements, we can resist war and all the horrors of broken societies that follow. SAM CARLINER, OLIVIA DINUCCIJ In recent years, the U.S. has seen great numbers of people and […]
‘Slippery Slope… Just Got a Lot Steeper’: US to Send Ukraine Advanced Missiles as Russia Holds Nuke Drills
Peace advocates fear the Biden administration’s high-tech arms shipments to Ukraine are increasing the likelihood of a full-scale conflict between the U.S. and Russia. JAKE JOHNSON Peace advocates warned Tuesday that the Biden administration’s newly unveiled […]
An Unspeakable Crime
BY BRIAN TERRELL On the occasion of the Prohibit Nukes, Promote HOPE—Memorial Day walk, rally at the Kansas City National Security Campus on May 30, 2022 Four months ago, two days before the civilized world celebrated one year […]
The Invisible Power vs. The Invisible Hand
BY STEVE O’KEEFE Buckminster Fuller said the progress of humanity can be measured by the ability to do more and more with less and less. The logical conclusion of Fuller’s theory of “ephemeralization” is the ability […]
The Culture Wars After Roe
BY DAVID ROSEN Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On January 21, 2025, the day after Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s 47thpresident following his victory in the 2024 election, the Republican-controlled House and Senate adopted […]
Guns in the U.S.: the Chronic Nightmare
BY DANIEL WARNER Photograph Source: Andjam79 – CC BY 2.0 In 1968, during my first year teaching in the South Bronx, the frequently absent Raymond walked into my junior high school English class holding a pistol, looked […]
Sucking Up to Murderers’: Biden Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia in Push for Oil’
“It makes no sense to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s oil dictator in order to stop Russia’s oil dictator,” said one critic. “The planet is on fire, and Biden is about to reestablish relations with one of […]
Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War
ALAN TAYLOR JANUARY 14, 2016 On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which […]