Nick Turse: On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule
The Trump Administration’s Military Occupation of America
Paul Rogat Loeb: Reclaiming the Flag for No Kings Day
On Flag Day, Saturday June 14, more than 1,800 local demonstrations will challenge U.S. President Donald Trump’s North Korean-style military parade for his birthday with our defense of democracy.
Abby Zimet: MAGA’s Hell On Earth | Women’s Rights, Child Care, Free School Lunch and Cat Hair
From one glad patriot, “The blue wave is coming, and it is covered in cat hair.”
Abby Zimet: The Ludlow Massacre
Last week marked the 108th anniversary of what Wallace Stegner called “one of the bleakest and blackest episodes of American labor history,” when armed thugs hired by John Rockefeller Jr. burned down … Continue reading
Stacy Bannerman: In 2020 Live Your Prayer
We need spiritual warriors willing to do the hard, heartbreaking work of becoming the light; capable of walking through the valley of the death of their old life and finding their way out.
Rebecca Gordon: The Uses of a Well-Regulated Militia by an Unregulated President
Where Will the National Guard Be Sent in 2019? A young friend is seriously considering joining her state’s National Guard. She’s a world-class athlete, but also a working-class woman from … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: What happens after the riots end?
Are we radicalizing a whole generation? When I was in Vietnam, a near-by artillery unit called a cease-fire. Somebody realized they were shelling the wrong coordinates. A private said, “I … Continue reading
