A passage from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale haunts me often: “That was when they suspended the Constitution… There wasn’t even any rioting in the

The technology imposed upon us is not free; it entails costs beyond the money we spend on personal purchases or the increase in public-utility bills. It

Back in February, newly-confirmed Secretary of Health and & Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to reverse decades of industry capture

If anyone doubted that the rich would use their control of the media to push their agenda and silence dissent, CBS removed it with its decision to censor

During a press conference on Dec. 11, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there was good news on the state of the economy.

The lonely figure trudged across the frozen, bare field. The soil was rock hard. The wind bit at his face, too cold even for the geese cutting across the

As the brutal Israeli assault on Gaza raged with images of unbearable human suffering dominating screens worldwide, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania

Education was sold as a guarantee for decades. A college degree represented stability and a future for those who followed the rules of a country that

It never was easy to be Adam Raskin, an uncommon radical, and the youngest of four brothers born to Mildred and Sam who left the Communist Party in

Last week, Lauren Boebert’s cynically-named “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” passed the House of Representatives on a narrow, largely party-line vote.

“People of this nation, please come to the National Assembly now. Protect the final bastion of our democracy!” —Lee Jae Myung, 3 December 2024 This urgent

Ever since Eric Williams published his book Capitalism and Slavery, which demonstrated to those more inclined to weigh evidence rather than ideology that

It is quite surprising that, for nearly 10 years, millions of people continue to spell MAGA incorrectly. Please let me explain that the correct spelling

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new

Ceasefire? Peace in the Middle East? Ask a Gazan about it (well, not one of the 360 or more that the IDF has killed during the "ceasefire"). Ask the UN,

When the machinery of the state is totally dedicated to the protection of genocide; when the courts act as private security for arms dealers and weapons

Recently, two notable cultivated-meat companies failed. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without

Europe is entering a moment of renewed strategic doubt. Conversations about security that once seemed theoretical have taken on a sharper edge as

Contemporary liberal democracies such as the United States depend on more than free elections and stable, functioning economies. They also rely on what

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Nature is astonishingly diverse. Across the planet’s oceans, forests, grasslands, and cities, living beings interact in ways that defy rigid expectations.