Abortion is in the news in the U.S. this week as two states pass legislation designed to reduce barriers to access for patients who need later abortion. The right is screeching about baby killing,...
Occasionally, there are awkward moments in activism, and one of those is finding out that you appear to be on the same side as campaigners who should hate you. The homophobes or the anti-abortionists...
As you might have heard, the Russia Thing is on the loose in the United States and it’s causing a lot of consternation in the halls of power. The intellectual giant known as the president’s...
In case you missed it, there’s a little thing called the longest government shutdown in history going on in the richest nation in the world right now — and it has to do with the sentient wig we...
Do Indigenous women’s lives matter in America? The horrific treatment of a Native American woman who was raped while in a persistent vegetative* state suggests not, especially when they are also...
President George H.W. Bush had a massive Washington sendoff yesterday, complete with heartfelt speeches and a dazzling array of hagiographic headlines; to read about the former president today, one...
As the disaster of capitalism and capitalism-driven climate change fuels larger and more devastating ecological disasters, such as monstrous hurricanes and record breaking wildfires, the need for...
Among the more pessimistic and realistic of the economic commentators, questions regarding the long-term stagnation of wages has become a topic of serious interest. Why, when the American economy is...
There’s a lot of killing in the world, and I don’t just mean those parts of your soul that die each time someone tries to get you to weigh in on the Cardi B vs Nicki Minaj situation. The holidays...
Mass shootings are becoming a chilling and common subject in the American news. More chilling still is the realization that the number of widely reported mass shootings pales in comparison to the...