What Does Arming Israel Cost Us?
What will it take to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza? That’s the question confounding people of conscience all over the world since last October. After Israeli citizens, tax-paying residents of…
Sonali Kolhatkar
Biden Should End the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Secret Weapon
Using a little-known provision of trade agreements, oil and gas corporations are able to pit their profits against democracies and our climate. It’s time to end the practice. There is…
‘Tough-on-Crime’ Doesn’t Apply to People Like Trump
Trump’s conviction is not proof that the criminal justice system works. The joy and disbelief we may be feeling is because it was never intended to ensnare people like him.…
On Climate Change, Centrism Means a Slow Death
The GOP wants to accelerate climate change, while Democratic centrists are content with slowly embracing it. As hurricane season approaches, shouldn’t we be choosing life? The Miami Herald recently reported on the…
Student Demands for Divestment Are Not New
There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and genocide. Today’s campus protests against Israel are building on that…
India’s Billionaire Wealth Is on Display as Nation Votes
There are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this…
Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car
The U.S. is aggressively keeping cheap Chinese-made EVs off the market. We are all paying the price for this protectionism. It seems that there has never been a better time…
Tell the Truth About Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity
Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as media outlets go out of their way to obscure the perpetrators of genocide. Israeli forces killed more…
Why Won’t Biden Wave the Magic Wand in His Hand to Stop Israel?
If stopping genocide is not a good enough reason for Biden to rein in Israel’s blood thirst, is losing the 2024 election a risk he’s willing to take? As Israel’s…
Unions Are Critical in the Fight Against Israeli Apartheid
When United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain called for a ceasefire in Israel’s assault on Gaza in mid-December, his union was among the nation’s largest to do so. It was a…
Dubai Is a Fitting Host for the Climate Circus
A host nation that promises progress but relies on regressive policies is revealing just how seriously fossil fuel interests have coopted UN climate talks. In January 2023, nearly a year…
Americans Are Bankrolling Israel’s Unfolding Genocide in Gaza
Americans are funding a genocide and no one asked our permission. We are being dragged, unwillingly, into a war that is decimating a people. We are being forced to become involuntary…
Fast Fashion Is Antithetical to Workers’ Rights
Don’t believe the fashion industry’s stated commitment to support a living wage for Bangladesh’s garment workers. ’Tis the season for holiday shopping, and as American consumers ready their spending dollars,…
The Deadly Intersection of Labor Exploitation and Climate Change
Neither the corporate media nor our politicians who are beholden to corporate lobbyists honestly address the common root causes of (and solutions to) worker exploitation and climate change. As temperatures…
Elon Musk Plans to Profit From Twitter, Not Create a Town Square for Global Democracy
The world’s richest man has bought one of the world’s most popular social media platforms. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, is currently worth about $210 billion, and in November 2021 he was…
Brazil’s Lula Remerges—in a Very Different Political World
If Lula wins reelection, he must not only rebuild the social investments that Bolsonaro destroyed, but also restore trust in a nation damaged by fascism’s sophisticated propaganda machine. Brazil’s first…
Tech Billionaires Are Actually Dumber Than You Think
It turns out that many of today’s billionaires are selfish, lonely men fantasizing about how they will survive the end times they have played a part in creating. In mid-September,…
Connecting the Dots Between Climate Devastation and Fossil Fuel Profits
What do Pakistan, Puerto Rico, and Jackson, Mississippi, have in common? They’ve all recently experienced climate-related catastrophic rains and flooding, resulting in the loss of homes, electricity, and running water.…
Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth
There is no good reason to allow the evil empire to retain any legitimacy as the British royal family papers over the pillage it continues to benefit from. The death…
How Corporate Food Monopolies Caused the Baby Formula Scandal
It’s a tough time to be the parent of a newborn in the United States today. Not only is child care prohibitively expensive, but the cost of all things including…
As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently dropped…
If High Gas Prices Are So Painful, Shouldn’t We Move Away From Fossil Fuels?
Not only is it possible to switch to renewables, but it’s also cheaper and would make economies less vulnerable. Yet, bizarrely, politicians and the fossil fuel industry, who are using…
Fossil Fuel Companies and Their Mouthpieces Offer Net-Zero Logic on Climate Change
Oil and gas CEOs were too chicken to show up to a recent congressional hearing—perhaps fearing that their climate pledges will be revealed as nothing more than slick PR. Everywhere…
As Our Bodies and Planetary Systems Become “Inflamed,” How Do We Heal?
In their new book, authors Rupa Marya and Raj Patel explore how capitalism and colonialism have caused sickness and how Indigenous knowledge can offer healing. Multiple planetary crises are breaking out…
Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
Thousands of warehouse workers at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama, are at the center of a potentially game-changing union vote taking place right now. On February 8, the warehouse…
Our Planet Is Angry
“Storm of a lifetime” is how the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C., described Hurricane Florence as it came lumbering across the Atlantic to hurl its ferocious winds and rain…
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