Category: Commentary

Taking ‘Peace’ Out of the Nobel Peace Prize

Despite the occasional polite nod to Alfred Nobel, the committee — which will name this year’s award on Saturday — has never made known his vision of peace through global demilitarization, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl.

COP27: A Global COP-Out

“A suicide pact.” Robert Sandford skewers the latest U.N. climate summit, held last month in Egypt, and calls for a new process protected from the global fossil fuel cartel. 

Taxing the Rich Requires More Than Policy

The more impact a ballot initiative has in rebalancing resources and control, the more likely it is to face powerfully coordinated efforts to stop its enforcement, write Benjamin Fong and Benjamin Case.

Chris Hedges: Know Thine Enemy

The expedited legislation passed by Congress to avert a strike by railroad unions dealt one more blow in the decades long war waged by the two ruling parties against the working class.