Even as the gloomy realities of war and hunger threaten to dull the light of humanity, the red sparkling dance of our struggles illuminates the path forward.
Vijay Prashad: Frankenstein Disavows His Monster
Category: Commentary
Chris Hedges: Fire Weather
Welcome to the age of the “Pyrocene” where cities burn and water does not come out of the hydrants.
Genocidal President, Genocidal Politics
Acclimatizing the U.S. to the Gaza genocide was most crucially abetted by Biden and his loyalists, who pretended he wasn’t doing what he was really doing, says Norman Solomon.
3 Strikes Against Pete Hegseth as Pentagon Chief
Considering the horrific history of sexual assault in the U.S. military, Ann Wright says her primary concern is the Trump nominee’s record of violence toward women. But there are other red flags as well.
The Recklessness of AI
Artificial Intelligence seems destined to change the world. But until now its errors are being allowed to kill innocent people, writes one of two Joe Laurias.
Pro-Palestine Activism & Trump’s Return
During Trump 2.0, Medea Benjamin says the Palestine solidarity movement must find and expand the cracks in the pro-Israel war machine.
Killing the Constitution at Gitmo
Andrew P. Napolitano on the George W. Bush-crafted Devil’s Island at Guantanamo Bay and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s pending courtroom plea, which will take place before Biden leaves office.
RAY McGOVERN: Biden Cancels Trip; Pope Off the Hook
The cancellation has made it easier for the pope to duck the moral imperative to condemn outright the enabling of genocide in Gaza by “practicing Catholic” Joe Biden.
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
Gerry Condon recalls the years of determined resistance and organizing that led the late president to pardon draft resisters.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Says It’s Genocide … in Sudan
While indirectly backing the genocidal atrocities it now denounces in Sudan, the Biden administration pushes through an $8 billion weapons shipment to Israel as a blood-soaked punctuation mark on the U.S. president’s far-too-long political career.