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Abort the Illegitimate Court: End the Filibuster and Pack it
After the Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Texas on September 1, 2021—in a devious, single page, 5-4, shadow decision—three of its members blasted their five colleagues in the majority for ignoring their “obligations to protect not only the…
By Letting Saudi Arabia Off the Hook Over 9/11, the U.S. Encouraged Violent Jihadism
TERRORISM ROOTS-Two decades after 9/11, the role of Saudi Arabia in the attack remains in dispute despite unrelenting efforts by the U.S. a…
California Oil Industry Continues to Thwart Climate-Related Bills
CAPITAL & MAIN-This year, natural disasters across the country — including epochal drought conditions and devastating wildfires in Cali…
A Chill Wind: Texas Unleashes Bounty Hunters on Women
WOMEN'S RIGHTS - Back in the 19th century, Texas was awash in vigilante groups. In those dark years, various self-appointed “law enforcers”…
Gun Nut Lauren Boebert Lets Her 8-Year-Old kid Play alone around her loaded rifles
GUN SAFETY - Anti-LGBTQ congresswoman and gun nut Lauren Boebert (R-CO) says she’s very concerned about children’s safety, like when she fa…
Out of Time: California Legislators Won’t Extend Eviction Ban
HOUSING - California’s eviction protections will almost certainly not be extended once they expire after Sept. 30, the state Assembly Housi…
Letting the future out of its cage
PEACE VOICE - We pretend to have enemies, but mostly what we “have” are people whose lives simply don’t matter.
What Can We Learn From the 20th Century?
COMMENTARY-Humanity emerged from the 20th century leaving behind the Spanish Flu, two World Wars, the Great Depression, Nagasaki and Hirosh…
The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire
COMMENTARY - They weren’t kidding when they called Afghanistan the “graveyard of empires.”
Abortion Bounty Hunters in Texas Are Vigilantes Not ‘Whistleblowers’
TEXAS GONE WILD - One of the many preposterous claims coming from supporters of the vicious new Texas law against abortion is that bounty h…
9/11 AT 20: TWO DECADES OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
9-11 PERSPECTIVE - Twenty years have now passed since 9/11.
Sept. 11 – Day of Warning
REMEMBERING 9-11 - September 11 is approaching – the 20th anniversary of the most startling event in the lifetime of most adults.
Income Caps and Inequality
WEALTH WATCH - Is it not extraordinary that in a country that claims to be as enlightened and advanced as ours, the combined wealth of thre…
Climate Scientist: This is a Dystopian Moment
CLIMATE CHANGE - I'm a climate scientist and on Wednesday night, I watched the rain outside my New York City window break the local record …
Kevin DeLeon Likes to Break Through the BS
ERIC PREVEN"S NOTEBOOK - Mark Ridley-Thomas was absent same day as Sheila Kuehl was absent. I wouldn't break out the tin foil hat or anyt…
Biden Can Change The Course Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
MIDDLE EAST PEACE - It takes bold US leadership to effect a change in the Israeli-Palestinian discourse, and Biden may well be the right pr…
The Taliban will Escape Pariah Status by Posing as the Enemy of ISIS
The slaughter of at least 79 Afghan civilians and 13 American servicemen at Kabul airport has propelled the Afghan offshoot of Isis to the…
LA ‘End US Embargo of Cuba’ Press Conference and Caravan.
CUBA WATCH - The strategy of the Los Angeles Hands Off Cuba committee has focused on ending the US embargo of Cuba through extensive outrea…
Sotomayor Rips Right-Wing Justices as Supreme Court Effectively Overturns Roe v. Wade
SCOTUS WATCH - The conservative U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order in the dead of night Wednesday leaving Texas' draconian abortio…
From Afghanistan to Central America, US Creates Refugee Crises
MIGRANT WATCH - The United States has long branded itself as a safe haven for refugees fleeing war and persecution abroad.
