Apr 29, 2021
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
The guilty verdict of Chauvin is an opportunity to bust through the walls of silence and racist insensitivity. This calls for a sustained and organized campaign to hold police accountable while defunding them.
It was difficult for Black people and our allies to celebrate Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict. The image of the white, smug-looking cop with a knee on…
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Commentary
Columnist
Lawmakers in 47 states have introduced bills aimed at restricting minority citizens’ ballot access,
The 2020 census is in, and states are dividing up the political spoils. California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will lose a…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
One may suppose that this “American way of war” is unlike a traditional war where troops occupy a country—a type of war that is generally deeply unpopular with the U.S. public. By publicly promising a withdrawal of troops while quietly continuing airstrikes, Biden ensures that U.S. violence against Afghanistan remains invisible to the American people.
President Joe Biden, in announcing an ostensible end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan, is continuing his streak of paying eloquent lip service to progressive causes…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Imagine the destruction wrought on the country by tens of thousands of airstrikes over the years, hitting villages and sometimes even wedding parties. This is the war people like Lindsay Graham want to keep going. There is something pathological about it.
President Biden has announced that he will completely withdraw US troops from Afghanistan around September 1. This move will bring to an end America’s longest war,…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
A mix of habitual Islamophobic postures and racist nonchalance is being served on Iran with the beneficiaries of America's selective Islamophilia happy to consort with America.
"Those who will not pay tribute under threat of menace must ultimately face the menace." Jason Hirthler, We the Sheeple:The Blind Reading the Blind, Counterpunch, December…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The fish and wildlife that the Métis First Nations of the Athabasca region have traditionally subsisted on are riddled with deformities and tumors. Eighty-seven percent of the community believes the tar sands are responsible.
The word “Minnesota” derives from one of two Dakota words, either Mni Sóta meaning clear blue water or Mnissota meaning cloudy water. Just one letter can…
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