March 2017

The Troubling Financial Activities of an Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate

As ISIS’s Caliphate Shrinks, Syrian Anger Grows

Platitudes in the Wake of London’s Terror Attack

Can Democracy Save Us?

Nazi Heritage: the Strange Saga of Chrystia Freeland’s Ukrainian Grandfather

Cyclone Watch in Australia

Democratic Party Continues Shunning Popular Sanders Surrogates

Single-Payer Bernie Morphs Into Public Option Dean

Roaming Charges: Nothing Was Delivered

Trump is Obama’s Legacy: Will this Break up the Democratic Party?

Reason and Justice Address Realities

The Headscarf is Not an Islamic Compulsion

London and the Dreary Ritual of Terrorist Attacks

Israel’s Human Rights Spies

Prisoners as Captive Customers

The Gig Economy: Which Side Are You On?

Review: David Bellos’s “Novel of the Century: the Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables”

America’s Woes, Europe’s Responsibilities

“These Things Are Done”: Eavesdropping on Trump

Trump vs the People: a Psychiatrist’s Analysis

The Mosque That Disappeared

North Korea: The Real Serious Options on the Table

Militarization of American Fascism: Trump the Usurper

Moral Failure at the UN

Monsanto in India: The Sacred and the Profane

Why Did Trump Target Transgender Youth?

An Open Letter to Duke University’s Class of 2007, About Your Open Letter to Stephen Miller

Donald Trump and the Triumph of White Identity Politics

Slaughtered Arabs Don’t Count

Inventing Enemies

Music is Love, Music is Politics

Marines to Kill Desert Tortoises

The CIA and the Intellectuals…Again

World Bank Declares Itself Above the Law

Grizzlies Under the Endangered Species Act: How Have They Fared?

Volunteerism; Charisma; the Ivy League Stranglehold: a Very Brief Trilogy

Ditching the “Deep State”: The Rise of a New Conspiracy Theory in American Politics

March Madness Outside the Basketball Court

Ryan’s Choice

Global Coal in Freefall, Tar Sands Development Drying Up (Bad News for Keystone XL)

‘Decolonizing the Mind’: Using Hollywood Celebrities to Validate Islam

The White House . . . Denial and Cover-ups

Bernie Sanders’ Economic Advisor Shreds Trumponomics

You Can’t Blame Trump’s Military Budget on NATO

Boris and Natasha Visit Fantasy Island

Seeking Left Unity Through a Definition of Progressivism

Outrage From the Imperial Playbook

What Caused the Holodomor?

Update from Madaya

Federal Scientists Find Delta Tunnels Plan Will Devastate Salmon