Commentary
Guest Commentator
Research indicates that Catholic voters are the United States' largest group of religious swing voters.
President Donald Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV has only become more acerbic since the commander-in-chief posted an AI-generated image of himself last week. The image…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
The man who has yearned for the Nobel Peace Prize is now snarling at a religious leader for speaking the language of peace.
For many, many, many moons, Donald Trump has staggered through public life like a vain, overstuffed man-child pounding on the window of history, begging to be…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
These policies reach far beyond bathrooms - they shape whether transgender people can safely participate in everyday life.
Across the country, a wave of anti-transgender legislation is reshaping access to public space. As of April, 44 bathroom-related bills are under consideration, with six already…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
The strong-armed theft of Hawaii is a striking, graphic and disgusting example of conscience-less America - not a damn speck of shame, just counting moolah.
Hawaiʻi stands as one of the nastiest, most shameless examples of American exploitation ever doused in the bargain-bin cologne of “exceptionalism.” It was not sweet-talked into…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
We can't remember if we don't know. If we don't know about the atrocities of slavery, we can't fight for reparations.
I heard about the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution on slavery about the same time I finished reading The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
The work that sustains human life - caring for children, tending to the sick, supporting the elderly - is treated as low-value labor. Meanwhile, sectors far removed from those everyday needs capture extraordinary wealth.
People keep talking about the future of work as if it is something waiting just around the corner - robots taking jobs, artificial intelligence transforming industries,…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
No one in the government, it seems, wants to live within their means.
The U.S. government’s solution is to wage wars while giving $500 billion more to the Pentagon and military contractors in FY2027. The Iran War costs more…
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Commentary
Guest Commentator
The abuse went on for several years of their childhood.
Weeks later, more than a few people on the political, social, and cultural left are still reeling from the recent disturbing allegations against Cesar Chavez: namely,…
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Cover Story
Guest Commentator
The more she worked to diminish the Epstein controversy, the more public interest grew.
On April 2, Pam Bondi became the latest Trump official to bite the political dust, so to speak. Admittedly, such news was hardly surprising. Those deeply…
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