By Sonali Kolhatkar As Israel’s war on Gaza continues unabated, the United States, which holds great leverage over Israel’s conduct, is seemingly helpless in stopping the genocide of Palestinians from being carried out with U.S.-taxpayer-provided weapons. This prompts two critical questions: First, how far does Israel need to go in order to face tangible consequences […]
John Young Column: Biden bets on 21st Century
In particular, when it came to the crucial building block of competitiveness in modern times – semiconductors — Biden was very much a 21st Century man.
John Young Column: Biden arrives to save planet tied to tracks
They crafted what Texas and a few other states have adopted as “energy boycott” laws to punish institutions that scale back their investments in fossil fuels.
A Realistic ‘Energy Transition’ Is to Get Better at Using Less of It
Being an early adopter of solar technology has given me personal insight into some of the practical limitations and difficulties of the energy transition.
Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History
It is a curious spectacle to have the head of a state, with all the levers of power, not using that power to solve a problem, but instead offering advice to the powerless about how to protest against him and the broken government system.
Americans Want Government-Run Health Care—What’s Standing in the Way?
It’s true that the number of uninsured Americans has dropped to an all-time low. But that fact obscures the failures of our patchwork, profit-driven health care system.
How the Select Committee Wrote a Prosecution Memo for Trump’s Indictment
The House select committee investigating the January 2021 attack on the Capitol has referred former President Donald Trump and a handful of top aides to the Justice Department’s special counsel for criminal prosecution under four statutes related to impeding the transfer of power to Joe Biden after Trump lost the election.
The Economic Realities We Face at the End of 2022
U.S. capitalism and its empire are widely perceived as waning. Europe’s role as a U.S. ally and indeed its economic future became correspondingly riskier as a result.
Our Health Care System Is Broken—Fixing It Is Not Hard
Almost everyone agrees that our health care system is in dire need of an overhaul. But rather than seeing it as a problem that needs solving simply and efficiently, the system has become a target for capitalist opportunism.
The media anointing Biden’s electability proves Chris Rock’s point, the ability to fail successfully
We better come to a hard to accept reality sooner than later. Biden is not electable. One wonders if the Establishment is that inept or they want a Trump continuation.