Sound Grammar: the Best Albums of 2025
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Sound Grammar: the Best Albums of 2025
Can't Lose My (Soul) Annie & the Caldwells (Luaka Bop) Luminescent Creatures Ichiko Aoba (Psychic Hotline) After the Last Sky Anour Brahem (ECM) Apple
How Queer Ecology Reveals the Diversity of Nature and Human Experience
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How Queer Ecology Reveals the Diversity of Nature and Human Experience
Nature is astonishingly diverse. Across the planet’s oceans, forests, grasslands, and cities, living beings interact in ways that defy rigid expectations.
The Charge of the Padded Brigade: England in Australia
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The Charge of the Padded Brigade: England in Australia
It’s been one of the strangest cricket series on record. Hurried, frenetic, foolish, haphazard and, at points, unbecomingly immature. The cricket
The US Doesn’t Need a Party, It Needs a Revolution
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The US Doesn’t Need a Party, It Needs a Revolution
Two hundred and fifty years ago, European colonists mostly from Britain were conspiring to chase the elements of the British monarchy from the shores of
The National Security Strategy Paper on China
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The National Security Strategy Paper on China
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy paper, released this month, is filled with nasty, nativist language and half-truths straight out of
Killjoy Was Here: Monument Envy and the Trump Regime
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Killjoy Was Here: Monument Envy and the Trump Regime
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said – “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a
Trans – the New Anti-Gay Crusade
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Trans – the New Anti-Gay Crusade
Religious conservatives waged a 50-year battle to deny the rights of gay and lesbian people, especially the right to marry. As the dominate force in the
The Award Donald Trump Deserves
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The Award Donald Trump Deserves
In Donald Trump’s bizarre concept of the world, he is campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize but what he really should receive is an equivalent of the
What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation
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What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that the administration
I Sat Next To Brigitte Bardot On The Bus In Nice
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I Sat Next To Brigitte Bardot On The Bus In Nice
Okay, no. I did NOT sit next to the late French actress, Brigette Bardot. But it very easily could have been her. I was there on holiday with a group
Policymakers Must Address Earnings Instability
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Policymakers Must Address Earnings Instability
Current policy debates are often focused on static income or employment status, such as being employed or unemployed, and annual income changes. However,
Operation Domino: Italy’s War on Palestinian Charity and the Criminalization of Survival
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Operation Domino: Italy’s War on Palestinian Charity and the Criminalization of Survival
In a chilling escalation of state repression, the Italian government has launched a full-scale judicial assault on the Palestinian solidarity movement.
Celebrate the Holidays like Jesus Did
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Celebrate the Holidays like Jesus Did
“No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on
When Dehumanization Becomes Policy
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When Dehumanization Becomes Policy
When the most powerful person in the world uses dehumanizing language, it is never just rhetoric. It is instruction. In late November, Donald Trump
Whatever Happened to Trump’s “Golden Age” for American Workers?
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Whatever Happened to Trump’s “Golden Age” for American Workers?
Although Donald Trump’s Department of Labor announced in April 2025 that “Trump’s Golden Age puts American workers first,” that contention is contradicted
The ‘Sacred’ Pledge that Will Power the Relaunch of Far-Fight Militia Oath Keepers
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The ‘Sacred’ Pledge that Will Power the Relaunch of Far-Fight Militia Oath Keepers
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded
We are Consumers Being Consumed
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We are Consumers Being Consumed
Much of the world we live in is artificial and there are forces in the world that take advantage of our psychological / emotional vulnerability. AI is a
Interview With a Bolivarian Miliciana
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Interview With a Bolivarian Miliciana
Her parents were too poor for her to get a proper education, and the schools were houses of neglect. With a family that couldn’t feed itself with love, it
The New York Times Goes Deep…for Propaganda
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The New York Times Goes Deep…for Propaganda
Pornographic associations aside, I’m old enough to remember when “Deep Throat” was a quasi-heroic figure spilling the beans on U.S. government malfeasance