Category: Guest Commentary

The only way to steer American democracy to safety is to wrest money out of the claws of the wealthiest elites, who now control finances rivaling the economies of whole nations.

It doesn’t matter which mass-murder spree you’re looking at. It’s a war.

The values of the U.S. public are not the same as those of the wealthy and corporations. It took a UN official—an outsider—to point out the dissonance.

There is no question that the violence in Israel and Gaza has heightened tensions on college campuses across the U.S., as students, staff, and administrators grapple with how to respond.

Conservatives, white supremacists, and billionaires have revived the ghost of Arizona’s “Show Me Your Papers” law, determined to dominate Texas politics in the face of changing demographics.

Besides his mendacity, his utter disregard of truth, Trump resembles Hitler in his ability to exploit the anger and fears of voters.

Fratricide, as the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel has proven once again, only benefits the one percent of extremists on both sides.

Palestinians, lack of historical context, and repeating hearsay as fact make the current tragedy unintelligible to Americans

unless you have traveled to the West Bank or Gaza, you really can’t imagine the hardships and oppression that permeate life on a constant basis.

The answer to Hamas’s horrifying crimes isn’t to kill innocent Gazans — it’s to change the conditions from which this brutality sprang.