People in Global South countries have agency. They can and do understand the realities of their material conditions.

From Weinstein to Epstein to Diddy to R. Kelly, the under-your-nose reality of human sex-trafficking—a.k.a., modern ...

Before even taking office, Trump has conjured grotesque visions of what he once called the dreams of a “unified Reich.” His ...

Rosa Parks took a seat to take a stand. These days, prejudice pushes people into bus seats, not out of them. The descendants ...

As Donald Trump threatens to take over Canada he demands Ottawa increase military spending. The apparent contradiction is ...

The COVID pandemic messed with a lot of people.  Their jobs gone, their friends under lockdown, and so many people with so much free time and no real clue ...

Jimmy Carter was my last president. I believe that is true for progressive civic groups, too. He actively opened up the ...

I.F. Stone famously said, “All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.” The aphorism applies well to nuclear reactor ...

Almost all novels, from Cervantes’ Don Quixote and Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to One Hundred Years of Solitude and ...

Arid winter. Supercharged Santa Ana winds. L.A. burns in January. Homes destroyed. Insurance claims denied. Politicians bury ...

On the last Sunday of this past October, a Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest broke out in Washington Square Park in New York City. Dozens of participants and thousands of onlookers thronged to the ...

From early December 2024 to early January 2025, the body temperature of eight babies fell below any acceptable amount and ...