If Trump Is Serious About Peace, Marco Rubio Has to Go
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If Trump Is Serious About Peace, Marco Rubio Has to Go
Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has resolved eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional, and his foreign
Trump Administration Approves Plan to Export More Water Out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
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Trump Administration Approves Plan to Export More Water Out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
The Trump administration yesterday released a draconian plan to divert more Delta water that will go into effect today, posing an extreme threat to
Trump’s Interference Invalidates the Presidential Election in Honduras
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Trump’s Interference Invalidates the Presidential Election in Honduras
An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras.
GAO Identifies Fraud Risk in Obamacare Exchanges. Where Was DOGE?
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Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives as the Last Line Protecting the Planet
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Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives as the Last Line Protecting the Planet
Land and environmental defenders—Indigenous leaders, farmers, conservationists, and community activists—risk their lives opposing the destructive
There They Go Again in Venezuela
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There They Go Again in Venezuela
Mark Twain allegedly quipped, “God created war so Americans would learn geography.” Whether or not he actually said that, it would be a good test—for the
Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter?
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Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter?
What self-destructive creatures we turn out to be! Can you even believe it? Only recently, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, met in
The Housing Crisis is Forcing Americans to Choose Between Affordability and Safety
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The Housing Crisis is Forcing Americans to Choose Between Affordability and Safety
Picture this: You’re looking to buy a place to live, and you have two options. Option A is a beautiful home in California near good schools and job
How Post 9/11 Law and the Monroe Doctrine Converged in the Caribbean
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How Post 9/11 Law and the Monroe Doctrine Converged in the Caribbean
The first U.S. missiles that struck the boats in the Caribbean in early September 2025 were described by Washington as a “counter-narcotics operation,” a
Interventions in Venezuela and Honduras Advance Imperialist Purposes
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Interventions in Venezuela and Honduras Advance Imperialist Purposes
The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document setting U.S. foreign policy goals that the Executive Branch periodically sends to Congress. Commenting
The Law Meets Its Limits: What ‘Nuremberg’ Reveals About Guilt, Evil and the Quest for Global Justice
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The Law Meets Its Limits: What ‘Nuremberg’ Reveals About Guilt, Evil and the Quest for Global Justice
The film “Nuremberg” depicts events surrounding the post-World War II International Military Tribunal – the first and best-known of the Nuremberg trials –
Domestic Sheep Grazing and Wilderness are Always at Odds
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Domestic Sheep Grazing and Wilderness are Always at Odds
Stumbling over the rugged alpine landscape of the High Uintas Wilderness, a bighorn lamb is coughing and struggling, afflicted with pneumonia as the cold
Trump’s Offshore Drilling Obsession
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Trump’s Offshore Drilling Obsession
It’s back—the federal government’s push to expand offshore oil drilling. As the headline last month in the Long Island newspaper Newsday reported: “Plan
New York Times Gets the Story on Prescription Drug Prices Wrong
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New York Times Gets the Story on Prescription Drug Prices Wrong
A friend correctly harangued me about this New York Times piece on Donald Trump’s deal on prescription drugs with the United Kingdom. According to the
From a Small New England Town to the Dictates of Empire
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From a Small New England Town to the Dictates of Empire
I grew up in small-town America. Specifically, in a place where my family was a tiny minority. Agree with the stereotype or not, Jews in that town were
We Need to Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible
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We Need to Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible
Ten years after Donald Trump first ran for president, he stands at the helm of Titanic America. How did this happen? No factors were more pivotal than the
The Angle of Falling Light: A Review
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The Angle of Falling Light: A Review
Beverly Golgorsky’s latest novel can be succinctly described by the series of words below. The war. Poverty. Love. The war. Addiction. Dead end jobs.