Four years ago today, Putin ordered the Russian military to invade Ukraine. Honestly, I expected him to overrun the country and be in control in Kyiv in less than a week. I am so used to people caving into power rather than fighting back that I never imagined that the
It is great to see more and more union-affliated candidates running for office all around the country, but in my mind this is only a stopgap measure. I have always been extremely pro-union, but only in the context of a world run by out of control capitalists. I have always
Of course there is only despair on the ground in Gaza. Their land is in ruins, their homes have been destroyed, and Palestinians in the West Bank are having their land stolen from them. They also have the historical memory of promises made and promises broken. As Emily Dickinson once
With the striking down of the Trump tariffs we are told that "Chaos may come next". What? I agree with Isabel Allende. "To judge by what I saw around me, the world was [already] pure chaos".
This week saw the inaugural meeting of the "Trump Board of Peace". We are told that they will not only bring peace to Gaza, but that they will solve conflicts all around the globe. How will they bring about world peace? By launching vast armies to smash the
As the United States sleepwalked toward civil war and a more imperial outlook toward to the rest of the the world, Henry David Thoreau was one of the people who were awake to what was happening. He tried to tell all who would listen that any of them had the
When Jesse Jackson implored us to "Keep Hope Alive", he wasn't referring to some childish hope that a magical force would suddenly bring about peace on earth and equality for all. Jesse understood that there are too many forces acting on the present and the future
On June 7, 1988, I cast my first every vote in a Democratic Primary Election. I cast that ballot with a sense of pride and hope that I have never again felt when voting in any election. Jackson's anti-poverty, social justice message resonated deep into my core. His
In honor of Emily Brontë's movie crushing the Melania movie at the box office this weekend, I figured it would be a good time share a Brontë quote with Melania that she can use the next time Donald says that he wants to give her a hug.
Yesterday I saw a post from the National Association of Black Geoscientists and it made me think of something I once read in a book by W.E.B. DuBois. He was talking about how America has a history of discouraging and murdering ability when that talent is present in
On February 14, 1776, just across the river from where I now sit, Thomas Paine wrote an introduction to a new version to Common Sense. In it he said that the cause of America is the cause of all mankind. A place where the oppressed from all around the world
We are hearing from insiders in the AI space who are realizing that their work is going to be a major disruption to human society. People who have spent years developing skills that made them useful, employable, and capable of supporting their families are going to be made obsolete in