Elliott Negin: The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle
A wide array of experts, including scientists, disarmament groups, top US military officials, and even a former US defense secretary, agree that land-based ICBMs have outlived their usefulness.
Arlene Weiner: Only One Dead
Our son
in Tucson warned us we’d read
about a professor killed in his office,
shot by a former student.
Sandy Solomon: After the Invasion
Cut salami on the counter,
greasy knife beside it,
wrapper lolling like
a tongue. We left it there
when the sirens screamed.
John Guzlowski: Four Poems
My mother never thought she’d survive
that first winter in the slave labor camps.
Abby Zimet: Get Out, You Animals, Get Out | We Are Humans, Starved
The grotesque madness of history’s first live-streamed genocide persists as Israel daily commits acts once unimaginable.
Jessica Bagwell: Study of an Olive Tree
Slick, ovalescent, stone
fruit, slung between leaves,
poised on the branch–waiting,
for warm hands
to pluck.
Jeffrey D. Sachs: How the CIA Destabilizes the World
The extent of the continuing mayhem resulting from CIA operations gone awry is astounding.
Patricia A. Nugent: Healing Japan
I dreamed Peggy invited me to go to Japan with her. That’s all I remember, her asking me. I don’t know how I responded.
Baron Wormser: Disunited Delusions
Donald Trump, as an unrestrained American ego, seems like an allegorical figure of the sort that Melville had a fondness for—the Confidence Man, par excellence.
Stan Cox: As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments Avert Their Eyes
The Earth’s not just steadily warming; it’s heating up at an ever-faster pace.
Sahar Rabah: May the Language Do You Justice
Walking barefoot on the thorns
Of your nightmares
Brett Wilkins: As Hawks Urge Biden to Bomb Iran, Barbara Lee Says Reject Push for Wider War
“The path forward to peace and security throughout the region is dependent on a cessation of hostilities in Gaza.”
Lisa Suhair Majaj: What She Said
She said, go play outside,
but don’t throw balls near the soldiers.
When a jeep goes past
keep your eyes on the ground.
Chris Winters: Elder Power
These first-time activists show that the front line isn’t just for the young.
