September 2016

Review: J. D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy”

America’s New Demons and the Second Coming of the Neocons

The Ghost of IG Farben: Can Monsanto Reform Bayer?

Santa Fe Water Protectors Stand With Standing Rock Against the Risky Business of Dakota Access Pipeline

British MPs Blame David Cameron for the Destruction of Libya

Johnny Dowd: Philosopher or Junkyard Dog?

Uganda: A Brilliant Genocide

The Revenge of the Deplorables

Under President Trump, Will I Be Forced Into Slavery?

The Fashion Industry and Disfigurement

Return to Kerala

Domestic Violence, Murder and Bresha Meadows

Celebrating Mexico’s Independence Day Under the Shadow of a Giant Wall

Growing Up in the Land in the Sufis and Dervishes

America in Disarray: When Cheap Propaganda is Considered Art

Post-Brexit at the Proms

White Supremacist America: Trump and the “Return” of Right-Wing Hate Culture

Cersei Lanister, Donald Trump, and the Sex of Shame

On Solidarity with Standing Rock, Executive Clemency and the International Indigenous Struggle

Just Quit Calling It Democracy Already

The Native American and the Palestinian: A Spirited Fight for Justice

Assad’s Death Warrant

The Hustler: Trump and the Mean Streets of East LA

Anthems and Anger: Why Brandon Marshall is Right

Suing Saudi: Congress Is Right, Stephen Kinzer Is Wrong

Pivot to Peace

Boycotts, Now and Then: an Open Letter on BDS to the City Council of New York

Digging Up Truth With a Teaspoon: an Essay In Search of Justice

Insatiable: the Democrats Must Attack Democracy to Serve Corporate Power

How Do You Handle a Problem Like Rodrigo Duterte?

The New Mutually Assured Destruction

The Anti-Pipeline Movement Gathers Steam

Cuban Report Goes to United Nations, Foreign Minister Condemns US Blockade

Cheat Game: SYRIZA’s Fake Tug-of-War With the IMF on Labor Reforms

Rooting Out the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: the Past and Present U.S. Role

The Hidden Tragedy of Kashmir

China Ups the Game in the South China Sea

Syria’s Fragile Truce: Can It Last a Week?

A Pilgrimage Among the Crow Creek Sioux & Ancient Missouri River

America in Vietnam: the Enduring Myth of the Noble Cause

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” – The Appropriate Anthem

The Magical Invisibility Cloak Utilitarianism Wears in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism

Fascism Trumps Democracy: America, A State of Impunity

In Sickness and in Health: Illness in the White House

Health, Safety, Toxicity . . . and Elections

Israel’s Bogus Civil War

Attica at 45: State Sponsored Terrorism and Its Aftermath

Welcome to The Anthropocene, are Environmentalists Equipped to Respond?

Six Months Without Berta, Six Months Without Justice

The Republican Party Abandons Black Voters