Vincent Spina: Cosmology, Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline
More than sacred burial grounds. more than water, more than the ecology itself, Native American resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline may spring from a world view thousands of years … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Deep History Behind Trump’s Rise
How a ruthless network of super-rich ideologues killed choice and destroyed people’s faith in politics. The events that led to Donald Trump’s election started in England in 1975. At a … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: Empire of Chaos
With President Trump, Is the American Experiment Over? The one thing you could say about empires is that, at or near their height, they have always represented a principle of … Continue reading
Tatiana Sanchez: California High School Teacher Suspended for Comparing Trump to Hitler
A history teacher at Mountain View High School has been placed on paid leave after drawing parallels between Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler in his lesson plan. Frank … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders: Where The Democrats Go From Here.
Millions of Americans registered a protest vote on Tuesday, expressing their fierce opposition to an economic and political system that puts wealthy and corporate interests over their own. I strongly … Continue reading
Video: Leonard Cohen – Democracy
. A Spadecaller video featuring the visual arts of Matthew Schwartz in accompaniment with Leonard Cohen’s song. . Democracy It’s coming through a hole in the air, From those nights … Continue reading
Naomi Shihab Nye: American Election Day – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
“Can you imagine? He will be the face of America now. To the whole world. We will have to hear his voice. It’s just terrible.” My new friend J from … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Apologia
To all people of color, to Latinos and African Americans, to the refugees fleeing war and persecution, to immigrants from around the world, To Muslims and Jews, to those of … Continue reading
Jon Queally: Sanders Says Donald Trump Simply Too Dangerous ‘To Sit This One Out’
“I’ve got seven grandchildren. I’ve got four kids. I worry about the future of this planet. I’m not sitting it out. And I hope that my fellow Americans will not … Continue reading
Dawn Potter: Letter from a Red County; or, The Election: A Love Story
Let me tell you about my friend. She helped me raise my babies, at a time when I was lonely and overwhelmed and bewildered and not at all good at … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: Resurrecting My Parents From the Dead for Election 2016
Creating a National Security State “Democracy” Or How the American Political System Changed and No One Noticed To say that this is the election from hell is to insult hell. … Continue reading
Video: Pussy Riot — Make America Great Again
. The Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot went to jail for tweaking the Russian Orthodox church. Now they’re going after another Putin puppet. — Dan Colman Because YOU … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Man in the Mirror
Donald Trump is not an outlier, but the distillation of our dominant values. What is the worst thing about Donald Trump? The lies? The racist stereotypes? The misogyny? The alleged … Continue reading
Video: “Chicago” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
We honor Tom Hayden, tireless activist, lawmaker, writer, “radical inside the system,” now dead at 76 – both for how long and hard he fought, and the cogent, hopeful way … Continue reading
