May 2023

Corporate Capture, Theft and Pillage of Public Lands on Yellowstone’s Western Flank

Demented Policing: Tasering the Elderly

Trump and DeSantis: Two Peas in a (White) Nationalist Pod

Out of Touch: The US-China Communications Gap

The GOP’s Sorry Post-Session Blame Game Confessions

The Debt Burden and the Burden of Copyright and Patent Monopolies

If the Constitution Doesn’t Matter, Why Keep Pretending Otherwise?

Mischief-Making in Pretoria-Moscow-Washington Foreign and Trade Policies

The Attack on Our Libraries

Letter from London: Chinook Winds

The Atmosphere is Cooling Dangerously Fast

Kali Akuno on Fighting Neo-Confederate Fascists

Ecuador’s “Democratic Backsliding” Has Been Ongoing Since 2017, With US support

Fears of Abandonment: Australia, Biden and Cancelling the Quad Visit

Anthony Comstock is Reaching Up Out of the Grave for the Necks of Women

It’s Time to Guarantee Health Care for All Americans as a Human Right

Dogwhistling DeSantis

Revisiting Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Plastic Moon

Market Fundamentalism is an Obstacle to Social Progress

Censorship at the American Psychological Association

Military Drones are Swarming the Skies of Ukraine and Anything Goes When It Comes to International Law

The Two Decades That Created Our World’s First Mass Middle Class

Animal Passion, Alabama Death Sentences, and HB 14

The Old Future Is Gone, and Technology Won’t Bring It Back

Imperial Protectionism: US Foreign Policy for the Middle Class

Unstable Trump Double Down as the Odds Against Him Increase

Import Prices are Falling

Asian Americans Have the Lowest Incomes in Mississippi; Highest in New Jersey

The Korean War’s Hidden History

The Politics of Exhaustion

The Global Importance of Sino-American Relations

Help Us Fight Fascism

Roaming Charges: Living With the Unacceptable

How to Rapidly Reduce Fossil Fuel Use (or Why Rationing Works Better Than Markets)

Assessing the Turkish Elections

House Tackles Congressional Corruption – Yet Again

“Court Reform” or Popular Revolution, a New Constitution, and a Socialist Supreme Court?

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Biden: The Administration’s Split Personality

Why the Hollywood Writers Strike Matters

“Recognized As Human, Levelly Human”

In the Middle East, the US Holds China at Risk

Letters From Saudi Arabia: Rolling Into Medina

Making Music with Meaning

Tossing Neoliberalism into the Dumpster

China, India, and the Emerging New World Order

Will Biden Pull It Out in the 14th?

Immigration Reform is Possible and the Farm Bill Shows How

The Wilderness in Golden Gate Park: Notes of an 81-Year-Old Tree Hugger

Fighting White Elephants: The Tasmanian AFL Stadium Protest