Politics

Refusing the Language of Silence

Israel relies on membership in WhatsApp groups as one of the data points for Lavender, the AI system it uses…

1 year ago

Biden, CNN Bomb In Defense Of Democracy-Trump Gaslights, Spews Firehose Of Lies

Senior Editor Paul Rosenberg reports on President Biden struggles to counteract Trump's barrage of false claims in the recent debate,…

1 year ago

Athens In LA: Working Towards A Rebirth of Democracy

This underscores an important point: It’s precisely where things are gridlocked, with polarized positions, that citizen assemblies can really shine.

1 year ago

Reporters Without Borders Finds Significant “Barriers to Press Freedom” in the United States

An April 2024 poll by the Pew Research Center showed that 73% of the adults surveyed view press freedom as…

1 year ago

30 UN Experts Call on Arms Makers to Stop Weapons Transfers to Israel

Advocates for Palestinian rights have long targeted arms manufacturers for not just creating the weapons used to slaughter Palestinians, but…

1 year ago

America’s Darkest Hour: Battling the Second Great Insurrection

The new GOP motto might as well be, “We don’t need no stinkin’ issues; we just want power and revenge…

1 year ago

Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half the Dead Are Children

But Israel has also transformed its tactics in the West Bank. Since June of last year, and with increasing regularity…

1 year ago

Trump Guilty, Democracy Still On Trial

While the facts were all against Trump, the GOP attacks on the verdict, adopting Trump’s narrative of a Joe Biden-directed…

1 year ago

The Absence — and Presence — of Daniel Ellsberg: A Year After His Death, He’s Still with Us

Above all, Daniel Ellsberg was preoccupied with opposing policies that could lead to nuclear war. “No policies in human history…

1 year ago

Letters to the Editor

I defended Marjorie Taylor Greene just as much as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And Nancy Pelosi just as much as Kevin McCarthy.

1 year ago